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Leifeng, Hunan

Leifeng
Subdistrict
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Simplified 雷锋街道
 • Traditional 雷鋒街道
 • Pinyin Léifēng jiēdào
Entrance of Lei Feng Memorial and Party History Museum of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee in Leifeng Subdistrict.
Entrance of Lei Feng Memorial and Party History Museum of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee in Leifeng Subdistrict.
Leifeng is located in Hunan
Leifeng
Leifeng
Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 28°12′07″N 112°50′49″E / 28.20194°N 112.84694°E / 28.20194; 112.84694Coordinates: 28°12′07″N 112°50′49″E / 28.20194°N 112.84694°E / 28.20194; 112.84694
Country  China
Province Hunan
City Changsha
District Wangcheng District
Named for Lei Feng
Seat Huánghuātáng
Area
 • Total 62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 • Total 28,014
 • Density 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Website http://www.wangcheng.gov.cn/sites/site74/index.jsp

Leifeng (simplified Chinese: 雷锋街道; traditional Chinese: 雷鋒街道; pinyin: Léifēng jiēdào) is a subdistrict of Wangcheng District in Changsha City, Hunan Province, China. Leifeng's area is 82.4 km2 (31.8 square miles) and its population is about 43,000 (as of 2016). The place is named after a Chinese hero Lei Feng who was born here.

Leifeng was a portion of Wangyue (望岳乡) and Bairuopu (白箬乡) townships in 1949, Anqing township (安庆乡) was formed in 1950. Huanghuatang commune was formed in 1968, it was renamed as Huanghuatang township in 1984. On March 16, 1993, Huanghuatang township was renamed Leifeng town.

Liaojiaping (廖家坪街道) was a subdistrict formed from a portion of Huangjin (黄金街道) On August 28, 2012. It covered 22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi) with a population of 10,269 in 2012. There were 3 villages of Liaojiaping (廖家坪村), Baima (白马村) and Sanyi (三益村) under its jurisdiction; its administrative centre was at Sanyi. it was also merged to Leifeng on November 19, 2015.

After merging with Liaojiaping on November 19, 2015, Leifeng contained 8 villages and 2 residential communities. Leifeng community was formed by merging of Leifeng village and Runyuan residential community (润园社区) on March 23, 2016, the Leifeng subdistrict has 2 residential communities and 7 villages under its jurisdiction.

The administrative centre of the subdistrict is at Huanghuatang; the following list is according to the result of adjustment on village-level divisions on March 23, 2016; Leifeng has 7 villages and 2 residential communities under its jurisdiction.

Leifeng had 15 villages and 2 residential communities in 2002, the villages and communities were merged into 6 villages and a residential community in 2003, the Heyeba village (荷叶坝村) was changed to the Dongfanghong town of Yuelu district in 2004, Leifeng had 5 villages and a residential community under its jurisdiction from 2004 to 2014.


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