Luwan District (simplified Chinese: 卢湾区; traditional Chinese: 盧灣區; literally: "Lu's Bay", Shanghainese: lu¹uae¹ chiu¹, Mandarin pinyin: Lúwān Qū), formerly romanized as Lokawei, was a district located in central Shanghai, China until its merger with Huangpu District, Shanghai in June 2011. It had an area of 8.05 km² and population of 350,000 as of 2001.