Dazehu

Dazehu subdistrict 大泽湖街道
Subdistrict 街道
Country	China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Changsha
district	Wangcheng
Area
• Total	25.33 km^2 (9.78 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	26,400
• Density	1,000/km^2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Dazehu (simplified Chinese: 大泽湖街道; traditional Chinese: 大澤湖街道; pinyin: dàzéhú jiēdào) is a subdistrict of Wangcheng district, Changsha, China. It is located on the western bank of Xiang river, the subdistrict is bordered by Yueliangdao subdistrict to the south, Huangjinyuan to the west, Baishazhou and Gaotangling subdistricts to the north, Dingziwan across the Xiang river to the east. Dazehu has an area of 25.33 km² (9.78 sq mi) with a population of 26.4 thousand. the subdistrict has 1 residential communities and 3 villages under its jurisdiction.^[1]

History

Dazehu was formed by the revocation of Xingcheng (and setting up 3 new subdistricts) in 2012. Xingcheng (星城镇) was formed by Dahu (大湖乡) and Gushan (谷山乡) in 1995. there were 22 villages and 2 residential communities in 1997.^[2]

In July 2012, Xingcheng was changed from a town as a subdistrict. On Auguest 28 2012, Xingcheng was divided into three subdistricts, they are Baishazhou (白沙洲街道), Dazehu (大泽湖街道) and Yueliangdao (月亮岛街道) subdistricts.^[3]

• The Dazehu subdistrict contains Dongma residential community (东马社区), Xitang (西塘村), Huilong (回龙村) and Nantang (南塘村) villages;
• The Baishazhou subdistrict contains Maqiaohe (马桥河村), Tengfei (腾飞村) and huangtian (黄田村) 3 villages;
• The Yueliangdao subdistrict contains Yueliangdao residential community (月亮岛社区), Yinxing (银星村), Zhonghualing (中华岭村) and Daigongmiao (戴公庙村) villages.^[3]

References

1. translation according to wangcheng.gov: About Dazehu subdistrict
2. xzqh.org (2010-11-30)
3. rescission of Xingcheng at 2012 according to chinanews.com (2012-08-29), also see xzqh.org or rednet.cn (2012-08-29)