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Luoxi station

metro station in Guangzhou, China

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ5947454
Source-derived summary

Luoxi Station (Chinese: 洛溪站; Jyutping: lok6 kai1 zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Lohkkāi Jaahm) is a metro station on Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro. The underground station is located in Xinpu Road (新浦路), Luoxi Island in the Panyu District of Guangzhou.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Luoxi station” as metro station in Guangzhou, China. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Luoxi, station and metro.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 40-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2010. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Luoxi, station and metro providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Luoxi station”, the useful work is to connect “metro station in Guangzhou, China” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5947454. Authority coordinates are 23.046, 113.293. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

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.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Luoxi station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Luoxi station primary sources, Luoxi station archive and Luoxi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Luoxi station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Luoxi station” 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.