Xihu District, Nanchang

Xihu District (Chinese: 西湖区; pinyin: Xīhú Qū), literally meaning "west lake district", is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, China. The district was created in the Tang Dynasty when a bridge was built across Nanchang's Taihu lake, dividing the area into the East and West Lake districts. It covers over 39 square kilometers and as of 2004 had a population of 460,000.

Xihu

西湖区
District
Coordinates: 28°39′27″N 115°52′38″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityNanchang
Area
 • Total34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
495,600
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
330009

Administrative divisions

Xihu District is divided into 10 subdistricts and 1 town.:[1]

10 subdistricts
  • Shenjinta (绳金塔街道)
  • Taoyuan (桃源街道)
  • Chaoyangzhou (朝阳洲街道)
  • Guangrunmen (广润门街道)
  • Nanpu (南浦街道)
  • Xihu (西湖街道)
  • Simazhuang (系马桩街道)
  • Shizijie (十字街街道)
  • Dinggonglu (丁公路街道)
  • Nanzhan (南站街道)
1 town
  • Taohua (桃花镇)

References
  1. "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.


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