Jinjing Town
金井镇 | |
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  Jinjing Town Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 28°31′35″N 113°22′32″E / 28.5265°N 113.3755°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Changsha |
| County | Changsha |
| Area | |
| • Total | 144 km2 (56 sq mi) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 41,900 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Jinjing Town (Chinese: 金井镇), a town in Changsha County, Hunan Province, China, administers two communities and 14 villages with the Koganei Community the center of government. The name Jinjing means "golden well", and derives from a well that provided drinking water for the entire town for hundreds of years. The well is now preserved by the local people; the water supply function has come to an end because the lifestyle of the local people has changed. Near the well and the old town center a Buddhist temple called Jiuxisi Temple (Stream of Nine Turnings) overlooks the old town site. Recorded as having been built at the beginning of the Tang dynasty, the supervisor of construction work for developing the well site was well-known general Yu-chi Gong; this provides proof that Jinjing Town was already an important town at the time. Shuangjiang town merged to Jinjing on November 19, 2015.[1]
- ^ According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Changhsha county on November 19, 2015: rednet (2015-12-04): 《湖南省民政厅关于同意长沙县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕43号) also see: rednet (2015-12-03): 《长沙昨日下发通知调整乡镇行政区划 合并乡镇20个》 Archived 2016-11-14 at the Wayback Machine