Yuhe Subdistrict

Yuhe Subdistrict (Chinese: 玉合街道; pinyin: Yùhé Jiēdào) is a subdistrict and the seat of Qidong County in Hunan, China. It was one of four subdistricts approved to establish in 2014. The subdistrict has an area of 60.09 km² (23.20 sq mi) with a population of 69,800 (as of 2014). The subdistrict of Yuhe has 7 villages and 7 communities under its jurisdiction, its seat is at Yongchang Avenue (Chinese: 永昌大道).^[1]

History

The subdistrict of Yuhe was approved to establish from 17 villages and 7　communities of the former Hongqiao Town (Chinese: 洪桥镇)　in September 2014,^[2] it was officially created in November 2014 and named after the Yuhe mountain (Chinese: 玉合山).^[1]

Subdivisions

The subdistrict of Yuhe had 17 villages and 7 communities at its establishment in 2014. Its villages were reduced to 7 from 17 through the amalgamation of villages in 2016, it has 7 villages and 7 communities under its jurisdiction.^[3]

7 villages

• Dafu Village (Chinese: 大福村): organized through merging 2 villages of Dazhu (大竹) and Fuguang (福广) in 2016
• Hejia Village (Chinese: 何家村): organized through merging 2 villages of Hejia (何家) and Pangu (盘古) in 2016
• Jiulong Village (Chinese: 玖隆村): organized through merging 3 villages of Zhangjia (张家), Li'etang (黎阿塘) and Qiaoting (乔亭) in 2016
• Luye Village (Chinese: 绿野村): organized through merging 4 villages of Luye (绿野), Xinzhou (新洲), Fengxing (凤形) and Baihua (百花)　in 2016
• Qiaofeng Village (Chinese: 乔丰村): organized through merging 2 villages of Qiaomu (乔木) and Shifeng (石峰) in 2016
• Qingshan Village (Chinese: 青山村): organized through merging 2 villages of Qingshan (青山) and Shuiping (水平) in 2016
• Shanqiao Village (Chinese: 山硚村): organized through merging 2 villages of Nuanshan (峦山) and Qiaodong (桥洞) in 2016

7 communities

• Caoxi Community (Chinese: 曹西社区)
• Hongfeng Community (Chinese: 洪丰社区)
• Qifeng Community (Chinese: 祁丰社区)
• Sansheng Community (Chinese: 三圣社区)
• Shimen Community (Chinese: 石门社区)
• Xinfeng Community (Chinese: 新丰社区)
• Yanjia Community (Chinese: 颜家社区)

References

1. 湖南省民政厅 湘民行发〔2014〕10号 see xzqh.org (2016-02-02)， Four new subdistricts of Qidong County officially established / 祁东县四个新成立的街道办事处挂牌 see rednet.cn (2014-11-11)； Qidong County will dissolve the two towns of Hongqiao and Baihepu and Plans to establish 4 subdistricts / 祁东将撤销洪桥镇、白鹤铺镇，设立四个街道 see hengyang.house.qq (2014-07-24)
2. the time approved to establish see qdxw.com
3. The amalgamation of villages-level divisions of Qidong County in 2016 / 祁东县并村后建制村、社区居委会 规范化名称公布表, see qidongxian.cn (2016-10-10) or gove.cn (2017-03-27)