Nanqiao, Liling

Nanqiao Town (simplified Chinese: 南桥镇; traditional Chinese: 南橋鎮; pinyin: Nanqiao Zhen) was a town in the northeast portion of Liling City, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China.^[1] The town spanned an area of 98.87 square kilometres (38.17 sq mi),^[1] and had a population of 40,556 as of 2010.^[2]

Nanqiao 南桥镇
1956–2015
Area
• 2005	98.87 km2 (38.17 sq mi)
Population
• 1996	41,000
• 2000	39,295
• 2005	41,500
• 2010	40,556
• Type	Town
History
• Established	1956
• Disestablished	2015
Today part of	Litian Baitutan

Toponymy

Nanqiao was named after the Lanxi Bridge (Chinese: 兰溪桥; pinyin: Lánxī Qiáo), which was located within the town.^[1]

History

Upon the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Nanqiao belonged to Hunan's District 1 (Chinese: 第一区; pinyin: Dì Yī Qū).^[1] Nanqiao Township (Chinese: 南桥乡; pinyin: Nánqiáo Xiāng) was established in 1956.^[1]

In 1958, Nanqiao Township became the Nanqiao People's Commune (Chinese: 南桥公社; pinyin: Nánqiáo Gōngshè),^[1] as part of the establishment of people's communes. Nanqiao was reverted to a township in 1984.^[1]

Nanqiao was upgraded to a town in 1995.^[1]

In 2015, Nanqiao was abolished, and split between the towns of Litian and Baitutan.^[3]

Geography

Nanqiao was located 31 kilometres (19 mi) from the city center of Liling.^[1]

Administrative divisions

Before abolition

Before its abolition in 2015, Nanqiao administered 1 residential community (Chinese: 社区; pinyin: Shèqū) and 15 administrative villages (Chinese: 行政村; pinyin: Xíngzhèng Cūn).^[4]

Residential communities

Nanqiao's sole residential community was Nanyuan Community (Chinese: 南园社区).^[4]

Administrative villages

Nanqiao administered the following 15 villages:^[4]

• Dongtang Village (Chinese: 东塘村)
• Tongtang Village (Chinese: 潼塘村)
• Jiangtang Village (Chinese: 将塘村)
• Qingshui Village (Chinese: 清水村)
• Nanqiao Village (Chinese: 南桥村)
• Dacaoping Village (Chinese: 大草坪村)
• Xinghu Village (Chinese: 星湖村)
• Yumin Village (Chinese: 裕民村)
• Fengxing Village (Chinese: 凤形村)
• Minglan Village (Chinese: 明兰村)
• Shixi Village (Chinese: 石溪村)
• Hongyuan Village (Chinese: 洪源村)
• Huamai Village (Chinese: 花麦村)
• Xinghuo Village (Chinese: 星火村)
• Xinshu Village (Chinese: 新树村)

After abolition

Upon Nanqiao's abolition in 2015, all of its administrative divisions were merged into Litian, sans Xinghu Village, which was merged into Baitutan.^[3]

Demographics

Nanqiao had a population of 40,556 per the 2010 Chinese Census,^[2] down from an estimated population of 41,500 in 2005.^[1] Nanqiao had a population of 39,295 in the 2000 Chinese Census,^[2] and about 41,000 per a 1996 estimate.^[1]

Transportation

National Highway 106 and the Liling-Liuyang railway [zh] both ran through Nanqiao.^[1]