Qiaokou Town Explained

Qiaokou town
Native Name:乔口镇
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Settlement Type:town
Pushpin Map:Hunan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Hunan
Coordinates:28.508°N 112.729°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Type3:district
Subdivision Name1:Hunan
Subdivision Name2:Changsha
Subdivision Name3:Wangcheng
Area Total Km2:46.23
Population Total:30,068
Population As Of:2010 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Website:http://qkz.wangcheng.gov.cn/
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Qiaokou is a town of Wangcheng district, Changsha, China. It is located on the western bank of Xiang river. The town is bordered by Lingbei town of Xiangyin to the north, Oujiangcha town of Heshan, Yiyang to the northwest, Jinggang Town to the west and south, Zhangshu town of Xiangyin and Chating town across the Xiang river to the east.

The Qiaokou town covers an area of 46.23km2 with a population of 30,068 (2010 census). the subdistrict has one residential community and seven villages under its jurisdiction in 2016.

Subdivision

On March 23, 2016, the village-level divisions of Qiaokou were adjusted from 11 to 8, Qiaokou residential community (Chinese: 乔口社区) reformed by merging Qiaokou residential community and Heyehu village (Chinese: 荷叶湖村), Tianxinping village (Chinese: 田心坪村) reformed by merging tianxinping and Shuixing (Chinese: 水星村) villages, Lantangsi village (Chinese: 蓝塘寺村) reformed by merging Lantangsi and Xianyutang (Chinese: 鲜鱼塘村) villages. There seven villages and one residential community.[1]

Administrative divisions of Qiaokou town in 2016
align=center colspan=4 width=60%amount of divisions: 1 residential community and 7 villages
align=center colspan=2 width=35%villages and residential communitiesalign=center colspan=2 width=25%villages
English nameChinese nameEnglish nameChinese name
width=23%Qiaokou residential community
formed by merging the former Qiaokou residential community and Heyehu village on March 23, 2016
width=12%乔口社区
2016年3月23日,由原乔口社区、荷叶湖村合并设置
Dalongwei village大垅围村
Lantangsi village
formed by merging the former Lantangsi and Xianyutang villages on March 23, 2016
蓝塘寺村
2016年3月23日,由原蓝塘寺村、鲜鱼塘村合并设置
Longpanling village盘龙岭村
Tianxinping village
formed by merging the former Tianxinping and Shuixing villages on March 23, 2016
田心坪村
2016年3月23日,由原田心坪村、水星村合并设置
Tuantouhu village团头湖村
Liulinjiang village柳林江村Zhanshui village湛水村

Notes and References

  1. The full result of the village-level administrative division adjustment of Wangcheng in March 2016