Tangxun Lake

Tangxun Lake
Tangxun Hu, Tang-Sun Hu
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Tangxun Lake Tangxun Lake
Location	Hongshan/Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei
Coordinates	30°20′23″N 114°18′37″E
Part of	Yangtze River Basin
Basin countries	China
Surface area	> 47.6 km2 (18 sq mi)
Surface elevation	10 metres (33 ft)

Tangxun Lake
Chinese	汤逊湖
Literal meaning	"Tangxun Lake"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tāngxùn Hú

Tangxun Lake (Chinese: 汤逊湖; pinyin: Tāngxùn Hú), formerly Tang-Sun Lake (Chinese: 汤孙湖; pinyin: Tāng-Sūn Hú) is a freshwater lake between Hongshan District and Jiangxia District in southeastern Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Tangxun Lake is the largest lake completely enclosed by a city in Asia.

Before a 1997 decision by the Jiangxia District government, Tangxun Lake was called Tang-Sun Lake. According to tradition, two families surnamed Tang and Sun lived in two of the bays of the lake, hence the name Tang-Sun Lake.

As of May 2014, due to the expansion of Wuhan, Tangxun Lake was recognized as the largest lake in Wuhan in the official Wuhan Lake Records(《武汉湖泊志》). Tangxun Lake surpassed East Lake and claimed the title of the 'Largest Lake entirely within a City in China and Asia'.

Tangxun Lake is the site of numerous recreation and residential areas, including man-made peninsulas extending into the lake. The Tangxun Lake Resort Area was developed by the Hubei Huatai Land Industry Co., Ltd.

Tangxun Lake Railway Station, located on the northern shore of Tangxun Lake is the third stop on the Wuhan–Xianning intercity railway.