Shuiximen Knowpia

Shuiximen (Chinese: 水西门街道; pinyin: Shuǐxīmén Jiēdào) is a subdistrict and the seat of Wugang City in Hunan, China. It was one of four subdistricts approved to establish in 1994 and officially created in 2011. The subdistrict has an area of 83.1 km² (32.1 sq mi) with a population of 64,000 (as of 2015).^[1] The subdistrict of Shuiximen has 14 villages and 5 communities under its jurisdiction.^[2] Its seat is Desheg Village (Chinese: 得胜村).

History edit

The subdistrict of Shuiximen was approved to establish from a part of the former Chengguan Town (Chinese: 城关镇), Qingfeng Village of Chengdong Township (Chinese: 城东乡) and two villages of Futian and Xinguang of Chengxi Township (Chinese: 城西乡) in 1994.^[3] It was officially established on May 18, 2011, on September 29 of the same year, the government of Wugang City confirmed that the subdistrict had 5 communities and 3 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of 7.864 km² (3.036 sq mi).^[4] On December 2, 2015, the township of Longtian (Chinese: 龙田乡) was merged to it, the subdistrict had 21 villages and 5 communities with an area of 83.1 km² (32.1 sq mi).^[1] through the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016, the subdistrict has 14 villages and 5 communities under its jurisdiction.^[2]

Amalgamation of villages in 2016 edit

Amalgamation of villages in 2016 in 2016^[2]
villages		former villages
English	Chinese	English	Chinese
Jiandao Village	枧道村	Shixiang Village	石巷村
		Jiandao Village	枧道村
Longtian Village	龙田村	Longtian Village	龙田村
		Xi‘an Village	西安村
Luowei Village	罗伟村	Longjing Village	龙井村
		Luowei Village	罗伟村
Puling Community	普岭社区	Puling Community	普岭社区
		Qingfeng Village	庆丰村
Tangling Village	塘岭村	Changling Village	长岭村
		Changtang Village	长塘村
Taohua Village	桃花村	Baoyuan Village	保元村
		Taohua Village	桃花村
Yongtai Village	永太村	Yongxiang Village	永享村
		Taiping Village	太平村

Subdivisions edit

Through the amalgamation of villages in 2016, the number of villages was reduced to 14 from 21, the subdistrict of Shuiximen has 5 communities and 14 villages under its jurisdiction.^[2]

14 villages

Desheng Village (Chinese: 得胜村)
Futian Village (Chinese: 富田村)
Jiandao Village (Chinese: 枧道村)
Liren Village (Chinese: 里仁村)
Longtian Village (Chinese: 龙田村)
Luowei Village (Chinese: 罗伟村)
Ma'an Village (Chinese: 马安村)
Shuitai Village (Chinese: 永太村)
Tangling Village (Chinese: 塘岭村)
Taohua Village (Chinese: 桃花村)
Wanquan Village (Chinese: 万全村)
Xinguang Village (Chinese: 新光村)
Xinhe Village (Chinese: 新和村)
Yuping Village (Chinese: 玉屏村)

5 communities

Dapaotai Community (Chinese: 大炮台社区)
Puling Community (Chinese: 普岭社区)
Shuiximen Community (Chinese: 水西门社区)
Taokan Community (Chinese: 陶侃社区)
Zhushan Community (Chinese: 竹山社区)

Subdivisions in 2015 edit

In 2015, Longtian Township(Chinese: 龙田乡) was merged to the subdistrict of Shuiximen, the new subdistrict of Shuiximen had 21 villages and 5 communities under it jurisdiction, of which, 5 communities and 3 villages from the former Shuiximen Subdistrict and 18 villages from Longtian Township.^[5]

18 villages from the former township of Longtian (Chinese: 龙田乡)

Baojia Village (Chinese: 保元村)
Changling Village (Chinese: 长岭村)
Changtang Village (Chinese: 长塘村)
Desheng Village (Chinese: 得胜村)
Jiandao Village (Chinese: 枧道村)
Liren Village (Chinese: 里仁村)
Longjing Village (Chinese: 龙井村)
Longtian Village (Chinese: 龙田村)
Luosheng Village (Chinese: 罗伟村)
Ma'an Village (Chinese: 马安村)
Shixiang Village (Chinese: 石巷村)
Taiping Village (Chinese: 太平村)
Taohua Village (Chinese: 桃花村)
Wanquan Village (Chinese: 万全村)
Xi'an Village (Chinese: 西安村)
Xinhe Village (Chinese: 新和村)
Yongxiang Village (Chinese: 永享村)
Yuping Village (Chinese: 玉屏村)

3 villages and 5 communities from the former subdistrict of Shuiximen

Futian Village (Chinese: 富田村)
Qingfeng Village (Chinese: 庆丰村)
Xinguang Village (Chinese: 新光村)
Dapaotai Community (Chinese: 大炮台社区)
Puling Community (Chinese: 普岭社区)
Shuixmen Community (Chinese: 水西门社区)
Taokan Community (Chinese: 陶侃社区)
Zhushan Community (Chinese: 竹山社区)

References edit

^ ^a ^b about the divisions of Wugang City (December 2, 2015), according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Wugang City on December 2, 2015 / 《湖南省民政厅关于同意武冈市乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕119号). see rednet.cn (2015-12-04)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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)
^ the history of Shuiximen, 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 《邵阳市人民政府关于撤销原城关镇设立法相岩等四个街道办事处的通知》（市政函字〔1994〕23号）, 《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)
^ subdivisions of Shuiximen Subdistrict reorganized in 2016: the subdivisions of the former Shuiximen Subdistrict, according to About Shuiximen / 水西门街道, see xzqh.org (2013-08-30), the subdivisions of the former Longtian Township, according to About Longtian Township / 龙田乡, see xzqh.org (2013-08-30)