Xihu District literally meaning "west lake district", is a district of Nanchang

Nanchang

Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. It is located in the north-central portion of the province. As it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake, it is famous for its scenery, rich history and cultural sites...

, the capital of Jiangxi

Jiangxi

' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...

 Province, China

China

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. The district was created in the Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

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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

It is divided into 10 areas:

• ?jinta (绳金塔)
• Taoyuan (桃源)
• Chaoyangzhou (朝阳洲)
• Guang?men (广润门)
• Nanpu (南浦)
• Xihu (西湖)
• Simazhuang(系马桩)
• Shizijie (十字街)
• Dinggonglu (丁公路)
• Nanzhan "South Station" (南站)

and 1 town:

• Taohuazhen (桃花镇)

External links

• Nanchang Xihu Government Web(English)