Xihu, Nanchang

Xihu 西湖区
District
Coordinates: 28°39′27″N 115°52′38″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city	Nanchang
Area
• Total	34.8 km^2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	495,600
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	330009

Xihu District (Chinese: 西湖区; pinyin: Xīhú Qū), literally meaning "west lake district", is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, China. The district was created in the Tang dynasty when a bridge was built across Nanchang's Taihu lake, dividing the area into the East and West Lake districts. It covers over 39 square kilometers and as of 2004 had a population of 460,000.

Administrative divisions

Xihu District is divided into 10 subdistricts and 1 town.:^[1]

10 subdistricts

Shenjinta (绳金塔街道) Taoyuan (桃源街道) Chaoyangzhou (朝阳洲街道) Guangrunmen (广润门街道) Nanpu (南浦街道)

Xihu (西湖街道) Simazhuang (系马桩街道) Shizijie (十字街街道) Dinggonglu (丁公路街道) Nanzhan (南站街道)

1 town

• Taohua (桃花镇)

References

1. "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

External links

• Nanchang Xihu Government Web(English)