Ganzi Village
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Ganzi Village
鑒子村 | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Ganzi Village Location of Ganzi in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 28°02′09″N 112°47′52″E / 28.0358125565°N 112.7976444594°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hunan |
| City | Changsha |
| District | Yuelu District |
| Subdistrict | Hanpu |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,590 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0731 |
| Languages | Standard Chinese and Changsha dialect |
Ganzi Village (Chinese: 干子村; pinyin: Gànzǐ Cūn or Chinese: 鉴子村; pinyin: Jiànzǐ Cūn) is a village of Hanpu Subdistrict in Yuelu District, Changsha, China.[1][2] The village is an enclave of Yuelu District located between Yuhu District of Xiangtan and Ningxiang. It covers an area of 8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi) with about 730 households and a population of 2,590 (as of 2017).[3] The village has 25 groups, its villagers' committee is at Yangliutang (Chinese: 杨柳塘).[citation needed]
The village was originally named "Jianzi Village" (simplified Chinese: 鉴字村; traditional Chinese: 鑒字村; pinyin: Jiànzì Cūn or simplified Chinese: 鉴子村; traditional Chinese: 鑒子村; pinyin: Jiànzi Cūn). The local Changsha dialects for Chinese characters "鉴字", "鉴子" and "干子" are homophones and are pronounced as "Ganzi". Although their different Chinese character writings, the local dialect pronunciation is the same, but it is quite different in standard Chinese pronunciation. Mainly because of the Chinese character "干子" easier to write, the name of the village gradually evolved from "Jianzi" to "ganzi" in standard Chinese pronunciation with differences in writing Chinese characters.
Geography
Ganzi Village is located in the west of Jin River between Heling Town (Chinese: 鹤岭镇) of Yuhu District and Daolin Town of Ningxiang. It is bordered with Jingxin Village (Chinese: 晶鑫村) of Heling Town to the north, Xiaojing Village (Chinese: 小荆村) of Heling Town across the Jin River to the east, Jinqiao Village (Chinese: 金侨村) of Heling Town to the south, Longquanhu Village (Chinese: 龙泉湖村) of Daolin Township to the west. Ganzi Village is high in the west and low in the east with a long strip of its land. It is 5 kilometers long from east to west, 2 kilometers long from north to south, it has an area of 8.2 square kilometers and 150.495 hectares (2256.3 mu) of arable land.[4]
Infrastructure
Ganzi Village is located in the center of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Cluster, but it is an enclave of Yuelu District. It is surrounded by Xiangtan on three sides of the north, south and east. The whole village is powered by Xiangtan, it has been poor infrastructure. In 2013, Local authorities of Changsha and Xiangtan invested 8 million yuan (about 129 million US dollars) to transform the power supply in the village. The transformer was upgraded from the previous 220 kilowatts to 1,520 kilowatts. In 2014, Ganzi Primary School and public kindergarten were incorporated into the educational facilities of Yuelu District and they were formally enrolled in the autumn of 2015.[5]
