Its former name was Xiucheng District (秀城区), and it changed to current name on 17 May 2005.

At the end of 2013, the number of households registered in Nanhu District According to administrative divisions was 168,982, with a population of 48,905, an increase of 1.2% over the previous year.

Among them, the non-agricultural population was 340,708, an increase of 1.7% over the previous year.

(Pu) Jia (Xing) Su (State) Expressway and three expressways connecting Shanghai to Ningbo's Hangzhou Bay Bridge.

The Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway Double Line, China National Highway 320 and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal run through the whole area of Nanhu District.