Baishazhou () is a subdistrict of

Wangcheng District Wangcheng District () is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China. It is the largest district of Changsha by area. The district is bordered to the north by Miluo City and Xiangyin Co ...

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a popul ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...

. It is located on the western bank of the

Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Dongting Lake, Lake Dongting Drainage basin, drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan, Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River (Sichuan), Min River ...

. The subdistrict is bordered by Dazehu subdistrict to the south, Jinshanqiao subdistricts to the west, Wushan Subdistrict to the north, Xiufeng subdistrict of Kaifu District and Dingziwan subdistrict across the Xiang river to the east. The Baishazhou subdistrict was formed by a partition of Xincheng on August 29, 2012. It covers an area of with a population of about 20,709 (2015). the subdistrict has one residential community and three villages under its jurisdiction.

History

A its name suggests, it was once an island, but eventually became connected to the mainland due to the shifting course of the Yangtze River. Baishazhou was formed by the revocation of Xingcheng (and setting up three new subdistricts) in 2012. Xingcheng () was formed by Dahu () and Gushan () in 1995. there were 22 villages and two residential communities in 1997.XZQH.org
/ref> In July 2012, Xingcheng was changed from a town as a subdistrict. On August 28, 2012, Xingcheng was divided into three subdistricts, they are Baishazhou (),

Dazehu Dazehu () is a subdistrict of Wangcheng District, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is located on the western bank of the Xiang River. The subdistrict is bordered by the Yueliangdao Subdistrict to the South, Huangjinyuan to the West, Baishazhou, the ...

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Yueliangdao Yueliangdao () is a subdistrict of Wangcheng district, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is located on the western bank of Xiang river, the subdistrict is bordered by Dazehu subdistrict to the north, Huangjinyuan to the west, Wangyue and Guanshaling su ...

() subdistricts. * The Baisha subdistrict contains Maqiaohe (), Tengfei () and huangtian () three villages; * The Dazehu subdistrict contains Dongma residential community (), Xitang (), Huilong () and Nantang () villages; * The Yueliangdao subdistrict contains Yueliangdao residential community (), Yinxing (), Zhonghualing () and Daigongmiao () villages.rescission of Xingcheng at 2012 according t
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