Luwan District, Shanghai Municipality 上海市卢湾区
District ofChina
1945–2011
Location of Luwan District in Shanghai Municipality
Area
• Coordinates	31°07′N121°28′E / 31.117°N 121.467°E /31.117; 121.467
History
• Established	1945
• Disestablished	2011
Succeeded by Huangpu District, Shanghai
Today part of	Huangpu District, Shanghai

Luwan District (simplified Chinese:卢湾区;traditional Chinese:盧灣區;Shanghainese: lu¹uae¹ chiu¹,pinyin: Lúwān Qū;formerly romanized as Lokawei) was a district located in centralShanghai, until its merger withHuangpu District in June 2011. It had an area of 8.05 km² (3.11 sq mi) and population of 350,000 as of 2001.

Luwan district was located directly south ofPeople's Square. The northern part of Luwan included one of the best sections ofHuaihai Road, famous for its international fashion shops and high-classrestaurants.

Luwan was a part of the oldFrench Concession area, one of the most prestigious sections of the city. It was famous for its boulevards. Theplane trees lining the main streets were imported fromFrance over 100 years ago. The district included the historical residences ofSun Yat-sen,Mao Zedong,Zhou Enlai,Agnes Smedley andMei Lanfang, among others.It was announced on June 8, 2011, that the proposed plan of merging Luwan andHuangpu districts had been approved by theState Council. Since the new district would still maintain the name Huangpu, Luwan as a district ceased to exist.^[1]

The present-dayShanghai Guangming High School in South Xizang Road was founded in 1886 as the "Sino-French Municipal School".^[2]

The district was named after "Lujia Wan" (Chinese:盧家灣;pinyin:Lújiāwān;lit. 'Lu Family's Bay'), formerly a bend in a local river which had since been covered up. The name survived in bus stops located near the former location of the bay. Known asLukawei during the French Concession period, this was the location of the main police depot and prison of the French Concession.

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