Dachengqiao
urban town in Ningxiang County, Changsha City, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China
Dachengqiao (Chinese: 大成桥镇) is a rural town in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, China. It is surrounded by Shuangfupu Town on the west, Meitanba Town and Yujia'ao Township on the north, Huilongpu Town on the east, and Zifu and Batang Town on the south. As of the 2000 census it had a population of 31,355 and an area of 58 square kilometres (22 sq mi).
Administrative divisions
The town is divided into five villages and three communities:
Dachengqiao Community (大成桥社区)
Chenggongtang Community (成功塘社区)
Qingquan Community (清泉社区)
Yuxin (玉新村)
Erquan (二泉村)
Meiming (梅鸣村)
Queshan (鹊山村)
Yongsheng (永盛村)
Geography
Wei River is known as "Mother River", a tributary of the Xiang River, it flows through the town.
Economy
Watermelon is important to the economy.
Culture
Huaguxi is the most influential local theater.
Transport
The Provincial Highway S209 passes across the town.
The Provincial Highway S206 runs north to Huishangang, intersecting with S71 Yiyang-Loudi-Hengyang Expressway.
The County Road X091 runs east to west through the town.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Dachengqiao” is urban town in Ningxiang County, Changsha City, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Dachengqiao, urban and town, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “urban town in Ningxiang County, Changsha City, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10935475. Authority coordinates are 28.191, 112.364. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Dachengqiao” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.