Wenxing Subdistrict () is a
subdistrict and the
county seat
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of
Xiangyin
Xiangyin County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yueyang City. Located on the southeastern shores of Lake Dongting, the Xiang River runs south to north through the middle lands of the county, the Zi Rive ...
in
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 ...
,
China. It was reformed through the amalgamation of Bainihu Township (), Changkang Town (), Shitang Township (), the former Wenxing Town () and Yuanjiapu Town () on November 20, 2015. The town is located in the west central Xiangyin County, it is bordered by
Miluo City to the west, Jinlong Town and Yuhua Township to the south, Helonghu Town and Jinghe Township to the west, Santang Town to the north. The town has an area of with a population of 223,000 (as of 2015).
[According to the result on ''Adjustment of Township-level Administrative divisions of Xiangyin County'' on November 20, 2015 / 《湖南省民政厅关于同意湘阴县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》（湘民行发〔2015〕58号）]
rednet.cn (Dec.4, 2015)
/ref> Through the amalgamation of the village-level divisions in 2016, it was divided into 23 villages and 27 communities,[the sudivisions of Wenxing Town, according to the ''About Wenxing Town / 文星镇简介'', se]
/ref> its seat is ''Xieping Village'' ().
History
After the establishment of the Communist State in 1949, the Chengguan District () was set up. It was renamed "Chengguan Town" () in 1951. During the Great Leap Forward, its name was changed to "Bayi Commune" (). It was renamed "Wenxing Town" () in 1995 and "Wenxing Subdistrict" () in 2019.
Geography
It lies at the eastern of Xiangyin County, bordering Helonghu Town to the west, the towns of Yuhua and Jinghe to the south, the towns of Dongtang and Santang to the north, and Baishui Town to the east.
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 ...
flows through the town south to north.
The East Lake is a lake in the subdistrict.
Hospitals
*Xiangyin County No.1 Hospital
*Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xiangyin County
Transportation
The G0421 Xuchang–Guangzhou Expressway
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Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as C ...
passes across the subdistrict north to south.
Tourist attractions
*Wangbin Park ()
*East Lake Park
*Yangsha Lake Tourist Resort ()
*Xiangyin Confucian Temple
* Nanquan Temple
*Wenxing Pagoda ()
*Zuo Zongtang Cultural Park
Gallery
References
{{Divisions of Xiangyin County, Hunan
Xiangyin County
County seats in Hunan