Lüshunkou (旅顺口), or Lüshun Port, is a southernmost district of Dalian City of the People's Republic of China. Surrounded by ocean on three sides, this strategic seaport was called Port Arthur by the Russian Occupation and Ryojun during the Japanese.

  • Area: 512.15 km² (land: 506)
  • Population: 210,000 (2001)
  • District seat: 24 Huanghe Road (黄河路24号)
  • Population growth: -0.14‰

Table of contents
1 History
2 Subdivsions
3 External links

History

The communist Lüshun City was established on November 25, 1945 to replace the Japanese Ryojun City. The communist Lüshun, a subdivision of Lüda City, contains 40 villages in 3-district (Dazhong 大众区, Wenhua 文化区, and Guangming 光明), where as Ryojun, it had 40 districts. In January 1946, Wenhua was merged into Dazhong, and the 40 villages were reduced to 23 fang (坊). In January 1948, the remaining two districts were merged into one: Shinei (市内区), with 12 fang.

On January 7, 1960, Lüshun City was renamed Lüshunkou District, still under Lüda. In 1985, 7 of its 9 townships were upgraded to towns.

Subdivsions

The district contains 6 sub-districts and 7 towns (see Political divisions of China#Levels).

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 ! Pinyin !! Hanzi !! |----------------------------------- | Sub-district |----------------------------------- |Desheng ||得胜 || |----------------------------------- |Guangrong ||光荣 || |----------------------------------- |Dengfeng ||登峰 || |----------------------------------- |Shichang ||市场 || |----------------------------------- |Longwangtang||龙王唐|| |----------------------------------- |Shuishiying ||水师营|| |----------------------------------- | Towns |----------------------------------- |Jiangsi ||江西 || |----------------------------------- |Shuangdaowan||双岛湾|| |----------------------------------- |Sanjianbao ||三涧堡|| |----------------------------------- |Changcheng ||长城 || |----------------------------------- |Longtou ||龙头 || |----------------------------------- |Beihai ||北海 || |----------------------------------- |Tieshan ||铁山 || |----------------------------------- |}

Jiangsi Sub-district contains the 20.38-km² provincial Lushun Economic Development Zone established in 1992.

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