The subdistrict has an area of 4.96 square kilometres (1.92 sq mi) with a permanent population of about 80,000 (as of 2015).

Wangchengpo was historically a hill, and it was named because people could see Changsha City there.

The seat's location of Wangchengpo Subdistrict is called Kafangling (Chinese: 卡防岭) in the past.

[3] Wangchengpo Subdistrict is located in the middle of Yuelu District, 1.5 kilometers away from Changsha Municipal Government.

There are more than 70 provincial and municipal units in its territory including Hunan University of Technology and Commerce, Changsha Meteorological Bureau, Changsha West Bus Station, more than 110 small enterprises and more than 3,000 individual industrial and commercial households.