Louxing District () is the only urban district and the seat of Loudi prefecture-level city, Hunan Province, China.
Located in northeastern part of Loudi, it is in the place across three prefecturel-level cities of Loudi, Changsha and Xiangtan, and the Lian River flows it west to east. Louxing District is bordered to the west by Ningxiang County, to the east by Xiangxiang City, to the southeast by Shuangfeng County, and to the southwest and the west by Lianyuan City. The district covers an area of with a population of 668,300 (as of 2017). Louxing District has seven subdistricts, five towns and a township under its jurisdiction. The government seat is Louxing Community () of Changqing Subdistrict. the divisions and population of Louxing District in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Louxing District on November 23, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意娄星区乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕65号): rednet.cn; also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》: people.com or xinhuanet.com
History From Song dynasty to Ming dynasty, the place of modern district of Louxing was a part of Chang'an Town () in Xiangxiang County. The township of Chang'an was divided into two townships of Chang'an and Shentong () in 1896. The township of Shentong was reorganized to Shentong Town in 1912 (). Xiangxiang was divided into ten districts in 1930, the modern district of Louxing was a part of the 9th district. Through the adjustment and amalgamation of subdivisions of Xiangxiang County in 1934, there were four townships of Fengle (), Yunxia (), Leshan () and Yanfu () in the region of modern Louxing. There were four townships of Fengle, Yunxia, Leshan and Yanfu, and the town of Loudi () in the region of modern Louxing in 1949.
The district of Louxing is originally the county-level city of Loudi was formed by seven communes from Lianyuan County (the modern Lianyuan City) in January 1961, which was under the administration of Shaoyang Prefecture (). The county-level city of Loudi ceased to be a separate city and was merged with Lianyuan in October 1962.
Lianyuan Prefecture () was formed from part of Shaoyang Prefecture in September 1977, its seat was Loudi Town () in Lianyuan County. The county-level city of Loudi was reformed and was the seat of Lianyuan Prefecture in July 1980. Lianyuan Prefecture was renamed to Loudi Prefecture () named after its seat in December 1982. The Loudi Prefecture ceased to be as a prefecture, it was replaced by the prefecture-level city of Loudi, meanwhile the county-level city of Loudi was renamed to Louxing District on January 20, 1999.
Shuidongdi Town from Lianyuan City and Shexingshan Town from Shuangfeng County were transferred to Louxing District on January 24, 2017. The district of Louxing covers an area of with a population of 668,300 (as of 2017). It has 16 towns, five townships and seven subdistricts under jurisdiction.湖南省民政厅 湘民行发〔2017〕2号 see mzt.hunan.gov (2018-02-13), hunan.voc.com (2017-02-16) or 163.com (2017-02-16)
Subdivisions Shuidongdi Town from Lianyuan City and Shexingshan Town from Shuangfeng County were transferred to Louxing District on January 24, 2017. It has five towns, one township and seven subdistricts under jurisdiction.
7 subdistricts Changqing () Dabuqiao () Dake () Huangnitang () Huashan () Leping () Lianbin ()
5 towns Shanshan () Shexingshan () Shijing () Shuidongdi () Wanbao ()
a township Shuangjiang ()
Tourist attraction Shima Park a renowned botanical garden and scenic spot integrating scientific research & popularization and tourism in Louxing District.
External links Official Website
References www.xzqh.org