| Yanghu | |
| Native Name: | 洋湖街道 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Settlement Type: | subdistrict |
| Image Map1: | File:Far view of a tower in Yanghu Wetland Park2.jpg |
| Mapsize1: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
| Coordinates: | 28.0999°N 112.9263°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: | 23.88 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 24,896 |
| Timezone1: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset1: | +8 |
| Area Code: | 0731 |
| Blank4 Name Sec2: | Languages |
| Blank4 Info Sec2: | Standard Chinese and Changsha dialect |
Yanghu Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Yuelu District in Changsha, Hunan, China. It is historically the territory of Yanghu Township, Wangcheng County in 1951. The subdistrict covers an area of with a registered population of 24,896 (as of 2015). It has three villages and three communities under its jurisdiction.
The subdistrict is named after Yanghuyuan or Yanghu Cofferdam, which is the present-day Yanghu Wetland Park. The park is a wetland in the Jin River estuary area. Its ancient name was "Waguankou" (or "Waguan Estuary";). The Jin River is a first-level tributary of the Xiang River and it is named after the tomb of Jin Shang), a scholar-official of Chu State.
Yanghu Subdistrict was historically a part of Yanghu Township in 1951 and a part of Pingtang People's Commune of Wangcheng County in 1958. In 1962, it was the territory of Pingtang Commune of Pingtang District in Changsha County. Wangcheng County was re-established from Changsha County in 1978 and it was part of Wangcheng County, Pingtang Commune was reorganized as a township in 1984 and Pingtang Township was merged to Pingtang Town in 1985. On June 15, 2008, Pingtang Town was assigned to the jurisdiction of Yuelu District from Wangcheng County.
On August 3, 2012, the town of Pingtang was reorganized as Pingtang Subdistrict. On January 18, 2013, the subdistrict of Yanghu was established from four villages of Yanghu, Lianshan, Lantian and Shantang and three communities of Pingtang, Baimiaozi and Xinsheng of Pingtang Subdistrict.
When Yanghu Subdistrict was founded in 2013, it had four villages and three communities. As a new round of the Amalgamation of Village-level Divisions in 2016, Shantang Community was established by combining Shantang Village and Xiangping Community (formerly Pingtang Community).[2] The subdistrict has three villages and three communities under its jurisdiction.[3]