| Wangchengpo | |
| Native Name: | 望城坡街道 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Settlement Type: | subdistrict |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
| Coordinates: | 28.2047°N 112.917°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Changsha |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Yuelu District |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.96 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 80,000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset1: | +8 |
| Area Code: | 0731 |
| Blank4 Name Sec2: | Languages |
| Blank4 Info Sec2: | Standard Chinese and Changsha dialect |
| Website: | http://www.yuelu.gov.cn/wcpjd/index.html |
Wangchengpo Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Yuelu District in Changsha, Hunan, China. It was formed in 1998. The subdistrict has an area of with a permanent population of about 80,000 (as of 2015).[1] The subdistrict has 10 communities under its jurisdiction.
Wangcheng means to be able to see the city in Chinese, overlooking the city. Po means hill, hillside. Here, the meaning of Wangchengpo refers to the hill that can look at Changsha City. Wangchengpo was historically a hill, and it was named because people could see Changsha City there. In ancient times, it used to be the starting point in Changsha for the ancient courier routes connecting Guizhou and Sichuan, and it had been gathering for thousands of years.
It is worth mentioning that the real Wangchengpo Old Street is in Xidamen Community of Xianjiahu Subdistrict. When Wangcheng County was built in 1951, here was the seat of Wangcheng County, and the county was named after its seat. The seat's location of Wangchengpo Subdistrict is called Kafangling in the past. Also, the location of the current Changsha West Bus Station is called Sanlilong .[2]
The subdistrict of Wangchengpo was established in 1998. It was amalgamated by the former two villages of Jiantang and Wangxin from Tianding Township . In April 1999, it was also included in the Hejiawan Villager Group of Yanshan Village in Tianding Township.[3]
Wangchengpo Subdistrict is located in the middle of Yuelu District, 1.5 kilometers away from Changsha Municipal Government. There are more than 70 provincial and municipal units in its territory including Hunan University of Technology and Commerce, Changsha Meteorological Bureau, Changsha West Bus Station, more than 110 small enterprises and more than 3,000 individual industrial and commercial households. The subdistrict is situated in the core area of Xiangjiang New Area, adjacent to Meixihu International Functional Service Area and Changsha High-Tech Industrial Development Zone.
The transportation in the area is convenient. Changsha West Bus Station is located in it. Changsha Comprehensive Transportation Hub and Wangchengpo Metro Transfer Station are in the center, The main trunk lines of Second Ring Road, Leifeng Avenue, Yuelu Avenue, Jinxing Avenue, Xianjiahu West Road, Fenglin Road and Tongzipo Road constitute the “three vertical and three horizontal” of its traffic lines.[3]