Wangchengpo

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Wangchengpo Subdistrict is in the middle of Yuelu District in Changsha, Hunan, China. It covers 4.96 square kilometers and had about 80,000 residents in 2015. The subdistrict has 10 communities. The name means “hill where you can see the city,” referring to a hill that once overlooked Changsha. In ancient times it was a starting point for courier routes between Guizhou and Sichuan, and the famous Wangchengpo Old Street is now in Xidamen Community of Xianjiahu Subdistrict. Wangchengpo was formed in 1998 by merging Jiantang and Wangxin villages, and in 1999 it joined Hejiawan group of Yanshan Village in Tianding Township. It is located 1.5 kilometers from Changsha’s city government, in the Xiangjiang New Area near Meixihu and the High-Tech Zone. The area has convenient transport: Changsha West Bus Station is here, and the Changsha Comprehensive Transportation Hub and Wangchengpo Metro Transfer Station are in the center. Major roads—three vertical and three horizontal—include Second Ring Road, Leifeng Avenue, Yuelu Avenue, Jinxing Avenue, Xianjiahu West Road, Fenglin Road and Tongzipo Road.