Tongguan Subdistrict

Tongguan subdistrict
铜官街道
Tongguan subdistrict is located in Hunan
Tongguan subdistrict
Tongguan subdistrict
Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 28°28′42″N 112°48′17″E / 28.4782°N 112.8048°E / 28.4782; 112.8048
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHunan
Prefecture-level cityChangsha
districtWangcheng
Area
 • Total90.3 km2 (34.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total50,000
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code0731
Websitehttp://tgz.wangcheng.gov.cn/

Tongguan (simplified Chinese: 铜官街道; traditional Chinese: 銅官街道; pinyin: Tóngguān Jiēdào) is a subdistrict of Wangcheng district, Changsha, China. It is located on the eastern bank of Xiang river, the subdistrict is bordered by Dingziwan subdistrict to the south, Qiaoyi and Chating towns to the east and north, Jinggang Town and Gaotangling subdistrict across the Xiang river to the west. Tongguan has an area of 90.3 km2 (34.9 sq mi) with a population of 50 thousand, its administrative centre is at Huacheng village. the subdistrict has five residential communities and nine villages under its jurisdiction.[1] Tongguan is located on the eastern bank of Xiangjiang River in the northern part of Wangcheng District. It has one provincial-level cultural relic protection unit, one municipal-level cultural relic protection unit, four county-level cultural relic protection unit and two county-level cultural relic site. Tongguan has been known as "Town of Ceramics" and "Ancient Tongguan Town".

Tongguan is a national famous tourism town with characteristic landscape published in 2015,[2] also a small town with a particular character of Hunan;[3] it was designated a famous historical and cultural town of Hunan province in 2007.[4][5]

  1. ^ translation according to wangcheng.gov (2016-03-07)
  2. ^ Tongguan was designated a National Famous Tourism town with Characteristic Landscape at third batch published in 2015 (2015-07-31) (details)
  3. ^ on detail, also see sohu.com (2016-08-08), sina.com (2016-04-02) qq.com (20160406)
  4. ^ historical and cultural town of Hunan province (first batch) rednet.cn (2007-6-6)
  5. ^ changsha.gov (2012-06-01)