Furong District () is one of six urban

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of the

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Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, and ...

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. It is the smallest district of Changsha by area. Furong District is a part of the core of the Changsha urban area, located in the midst of the city. The district is bordered by Yuhua District to the south,

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to the east, Kaifu District to the northwest, and

Tianxin District Tianxin District () is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China. The district is bordered by Yuetang District of Xiangtan to the south, Yuhua District to the east, Furong and Ka ...

to the southwest. Furong covers with population of 539,200 (as of 2014), registered population of 403,948.figures on area, population of Furong District: according t
''2015 Statistical Yearbook of Changsha'' (2015年长沙统计年鉴)
The district has 13 subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the government seat is at Dongtundu subdistrict.

History

Furong District was formed on 22 April 1996 as a result of adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha. It covers most of the land of the historic East District, including Jiucaiyuan (韭菜园), Fuhoujie (府后街), Wulipai (五里牌), Liuzhengjie (浏正街), Wenyilu (文艺路), Jiefanglu (解放路), Duzhengjie (都正街), Chaoyanglu (朝阳街) and Renminlu (人民路) 9 subdistricts; parts of the former Suburb District, of which are Xianghu Fish Farm (湘湖渔场), state-run Dongtundu Farm (国营东屯渡农场), Huoxing Town (火星镇), Dong'an Township (东岸乡) and Mawangdui Township (马王堆乡) in which excluding Wuyi, Huoxian, Youyi and Gaoqiao 4 villages.Adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha: Furong, Yuelu, Tianxin, Kaifu and Yuhua Districts of Changsha were corporated On 22 April 1996 By abolishing the East, West, South, North and Suburb Districts. according to the ''Reply of the State Council on adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha, Hunan Province'' (22-Apr-96) - 《国务院关于同意湖南省调整长沙市市辖区行政区划的批复》（国函〔1996〕29号）
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/ref> The Shaoguang Community (韶光社区) was merged into Dong'an Township from Langli Town of Changsha County on 8 August 2008.

Subdivision

According to the result on adjustment of subdistrict divisions of Furong District on December 29, 2011, Furong has 13 subdistricts under its jurisdiction. they are: ;13 subdistricts * Chaoyangjie (朝阳街街道) * Dingwangtai (定王台街道) * Dong'an, Changsha (东岸街道) * Donghu, Changsha (东湖街道) * Dongtundu (东屯渡街道) * Hehuayuan (荷花园街道) * Huoxing (火星街道) * Jiucaiyuan (韭菜园街道) * Mapoling (马坡岭街道) * Mawangdui Subdistrict (马王堆街道) * Wenyilu (文艺路街道) * Wulipai, Changsha (五里牌街道) * Xianghu, Changsha (湘湖街道)

Economy

According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the

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of Furong District in 2017 was 130,159 million yuan (19,278 million

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), up by 9 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the

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of the primary industry was 81 million yuan (12 million US dollars), up by -45.2 percent, that of the secondary industry was 17,907 million yuan (2,652 million US dollars), up by 2.2 percent, and that of the tertiary industry was 112,244 million yuan (16,624 million US dollars), up by 10.2 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 0.06 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 13.76 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 86.24 percent.according to the ''Statistical Communiqué of Furong District, Changsha on the 2017 National Economic and Social Development'' / 芙蓉区2017年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 se
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External links

Furong District government official website (Chinese / 中文)

References

{{County-level divisions of Hunan Furong District, Districts of Changsha