Yuanmenkou
Yuanmenkou (Chinese: 辕门口街道; pinyin: Yuánménkǒu Jiēdào) is a subdistrict of Wugang City in Hunan, China. It was one of four subdistricts approved to establish in 1994. The subdistrict has an area of 16.464 km2 (6.357 sq mi) with a population of 40,051 (as of 2011). The subdistrict of Yuanshukou has 5 villages and 4 communities under its jurisdiction.
History
[edit]The subdistrict of Yuanmenkou was approved to establish from a portion of the former Chengguan Town (Chinese: 城关镇) and four villages of Zinan, Ziyun, Shuiping and Cuiyun of the former Faxiangyan Township (Chinese: 法相岩乡) in 1994.[1] On September 29, 2011, the government of Wugang City confirmed that the subdistrict had 4 communities and 8 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of 16.464 km2 (6.357 sq mi).[2]
In 2016, Chengnan Village was formed through the amalgamation of four villages of Ziyun (Chinese: 资云村), Cuiyun (Chinese: 翠云村), Shuiping (Chinese: 水平村) and Santangyuan (Chinese: 三堂院村), its villages were reduced to 5 from 9, it has 5 villages and 4 communities under its jurisdiction.[3]
Subdivisions
[edit]Through the amalgamation of villages in 2016, the number of villages was reduced to 5 from 8, the subdistrict of Yuanmenkou has 4 communities and 5 villages under its jurisdiction.[3]
- 5 villages
- Chengnan Village (Chinese: 城南村)
- Gexin Village (Chinese: 革新村)
- Gushan Village (Chinese: 古山村)
- Luozipu Village (Chinese: 落子铺村)
- Zinan Village (Chinese: 资南村)
- 4 communities
- Aoshan Community (Chinese: 鳌山社区)
- Shipaifang Community (Chinese: 石牌坊社区)
- Shuiyun Community (Chinese: 水云社区)
- Zaoximen Community (Chinese: 旱西门社区)
References
[edit]- ^ the history of Yuanmenkou, according to the Dictionary of Chinese Administrative Divisions (中国行政区划大典) published by the People's Publishing House of Zhejiang (浙江人民出版社) ISBN 7-213-01789-6
- ^ the history of Wugang City, according to 《武冈市人民政府关于市区行政区域调整的通知》(2011年9月29日) see xzqh.org (2016-02-19)
- ^ a b the amalgamation of village-level divisions of Wugang City (2016) / 武冈新村名汇总表 see WangangRen / People from Wugang or gzhphb.com, also see Code of Administrative Divisions of Hunan Province (in 2016) see hntj.gov (Chinese / 中文)