Lucheng District is a ward of the Wenzhou

Wenzhou

Wenzhou is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. The area under its jurisdiction, which includes two satellite cities and six counties, had a population of 9,122,100 as of 2010....

 urban area (溫州市区), (equivalent to a Western "city") in the prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...

 (equivalent to provincial subregion) of Wenzhou . It is the central district and government seat of Wenzhou subregion and its urban area by the same name(溫州市区).

The literal meaning of the name Lucheng is the city of deer. It originated from a myth that a white deer was spotted in this area long time ago.

It has an area of 294.38 km² and a population of 650,000 residents as of 2006. The other 2 districts of the area Wenzhou urban area (溫州市区) Longwan District

Longwan District

Longwan District is an outlying district or ward of Wenzhou urban area , of prefectural-level city of Wenzhou , Zhejiang province, China. It has a population of some 300,000 people and an area of some 279 square kilometers...

 (龙湾区) and Ouhai District

Ouhai District

Ouhai District is a ward of the Wenzhou urban area , in the prefecture-level city of Wenzhou . It is an outlying district of Wenzhou urban area .It has a population of 386,000 and occupies 614.5 km²....

(瓯海区).