Jinshanqiao

Jinshanqiao subdistrict 金山桥街道
Subdistrict 街道
Country	China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Changsha
district	Wangcheng
Area
• Total	24.07 km^2 (9.29 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	20,858
• Density	870/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Jinshanqiao (simplified Chinese: 金山桥街道; traditional Chinese: 金山橋街道; pinyin: jīnshānqiáo jiēdào) is a subdistrict of Wangcheng district, Changsha, China. It is located on the center of West Wangcheng, the subdistrict is bordered by Wushan，Huangjinyuan subdistricts to the northwest, Leifeng to the southwest, Baishazhou, Gaotangling to the east. Jinshanqiao has an area of 24.07 km² (9.29 sq mi) with a population of 20,858. the subdistrict has 3 villages under its jurisdiction.^[1]

History

Jinshanqiao was formed by the revocation of Huangjin (and setting up 3 new subdistricts) in 2012.^[2]

On June 2012, Huangjin was changed from a town (黄金镇) as a subdistrict (黄金街道).^[3] On August 28, 2012, Huangjin was divided into three subdistricts, they are Jinshanqiao (金山桥街道), Huangjinyuan (黄金园街道) and Liaojiaping (廖家坪街道) subdistricts.^[2]

• The Jinshanqiao subdistrict contains Jinping (金坪社区), Jinshanqiao (金山桥社区) and Tonglin'ao (桐林坳社区) 3 residential communities.^[2]
• The Huangjinyuan subdistrict contains Guifang (桂芳村), Huangjinyuan (黄金园村) and Yingxiongling (英雄岭村) 3 villages.^[2]
• The Liaojiiaping subdistrict contains Baima (白马村), Liaojiaping (廖家坪村) and Sanyi (三益村) 3 villages.^[2] Liaojiaping was merged to Leifeng subdistrict on November 19, 2015.^[4]

References

1. translation according to wangcheng.gov: About Jinshanqiao subdistrict
2. rescission of Xingcheng at 2012 according to chinanews.com (2012-08-29), also see xzqh.org or rednet.cn (2012-08-29)
3. hunan.mca.gov: On the alteration of administrative divisions of Wangcheng (2012-06-20)
4. xzqh.org, also see wangcheng.gov (2015-11-11) or changsha.cn (2015-12-17)

Coordinates: 24°56′N 117°31′E / 24.933°N 117.517°E