Located on the south central Hunan along the Xiang River, the district is bordered to the north by Liuyang City, Lusong and Tianyuan Districts, to the west by Xiangtan County, to the southwest by Hengdong County, to the southeast by You County, and to the east by Liling City.

Lukou covers 1,053.62 km2 (406.80 sq mi), as of 2015, it had a registered population of 348,800 and a resident population of 292,400.

[2] The district was formerly known as Zhuzhou County (Chinese: 株洲县; pinyin: Zhūzhōu Xiàn).

At present, Lukou District has 8 towns.

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