Faxiangyan Explained

Faxiangyan is a subdistrict 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 58km2 with a population of 55,000 (as of 2015). The subdistrict of Shuiximen has 14 villages and 3 communities under its jurisdiction. Its seat is Nanta Village .[1]

History

The subdistrict of Shuiximen was approved to establish from a part of the former Chengguan Town and three villages of Nanta, Xinlong and Dongshan of the former Faxiangyan Township in 1994. state owned Wugang Forest Farm was incorporated to the subdistrict.[2] 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 3 communities and 6 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of 9.586km2.[3] On December 2, 2015, the township of Anle was merged to it, the subdistrict had 23 villages and 3 communities with an area of 58km2.[1] through the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016, the subdistrict has 14 villages and 3 communities under its jurisdiction.

Amalgamation of villages in 2016

align=center colspan=4Amalgamation of villages in 2016 in 2016
align=center colspan=2villagesalign=center colspan=2former villages
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align=left rowspan=2Chang'an Village长安村Anle Village安乐村
Changchong Village长冲村
align=left rowspan=2Dejiang Village德江村Dejiang Village德江村
Dongzhuang Village东庄村
align=left rowspan=2Hongxing Village红星村Shuangzhen Village双圳村
Hongxing Village红星村
align=left rowspan=2Qingshuiting Village清水亭村Qingshuiting Village清水亭村
Wugui Village五桂村
align=left rowspan=2Shuangtian Village双田村Tianzhuang Village田庄村
Shuangshiqiao Village双石桥村
align=left rowspan=2Xinglong Village兴隆村Xinglong Village兴隆村
Dongshan Village东山村
align=left rowspan=3Yulong Community玉龙社区Yulong Community玉龙社区
Yulong Village玉龙村
Changjieling Village长界岭村
align=left rowspan=2Zidian Village紫甸村Zidian Village紫甸村
Tangfu Village塘富村

Subdivisions

Through the amalgamation of villages in 2016, the number of villages was reduced to 14 from 23, the subdistrict of Shuiximen has 3 communities and 14 villages under its jurisdiction.[4]

14 villages
3 communities

Subdivisions in 2015

In 2015, Anle Township was merged to the subdistrict of Faxiangyan, the new subdistrict of Shuiximen had 23 villages and 3 communities under it jurisdiction, of which, 3 communities and 6 villages from the former Shuiximen Subdistrict and 17 villages from the former Anle Township.[5]

6 villages and 3 communities
of the former Faxiangyan Subdistrict
17 villages
of Anle Township

Notes and References

  1. 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)
  2. the history of Faxiangyan, 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. subdivisions of Shuiximen Subdistrict reorganized in 2016: the subdivisions of the former Shuiximen Subdistrict, according to About Faxiangyan / 法相岩街道, see xzqh.org (2013-08-30), the subdivisions of the former Anle Township, according to About Longtian Township / 安乐乡, see xzqh.org (2013-08-30)

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