Yuanmenkou Explained

Yuanmenkou is a subdistrict of Wugang City in Hunan, China. It was one of four subdistricts approved to establish in 1994. The subdistrict has an area of 16.464km2 with a population of 40,051 (as of 2011). The subdistrict of Yuanshukou has 5 villages and 4 communities under its jurisdiction.

History

The subdistrict of Yuanmenkou was approved to establish from a portion of the former Chengguan Town and four villages of Zinan, Ziyun, Shuiping and Cuiyun of the former Faxiangyan Township in 1994.^[1] On September 29, 2011, the government of Wugang City confirmed that the subdistrict had 4 communities and 8 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of 16.464km2.^[2]

In 2016, Chengnan Village was formed through the amalgamation of four villages of Ziyun, Cuiyun, Shuiping and Santangyuan, its villages were reduced to 5 from 9, it has 5 villages and 4 communities under its jurisdiction.

Subdivisions

Through the amalgamation of villages in 2016, the number of villages was reduced to 5 from 8, the subdistrict of Yuanmenkou has 4 communities and 5 villages under its jurisdiction.^[3]

5 villages

• Chengnan Village
• Gexin Village
• Gushan Village
• Luozipu Village
• Zinan Village

4 communities

• Aoshan Community
• Shipaifang Community
• Shuiyun Community
• Zaoximen Community

Notes and References

1. the history of Yuanmenkou, 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)
2. the history of Wugang City, according to 《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)
3. 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)