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Fangshan District
Fangshan District () is situated in the southwest of Beijing, away from downtown Beijing. It has an area of and a population of 814,367 (2000 Census). The district is divided into 8 subdistricts, 14 towns, and 6 townships. The district administers 8 subdistricts (with 4 subdistricts under Yanshan "area"), 14 towns with 3 towns of which carry the "area" () label, and 6 townships:These towns are officially classified as subdistricts, but as they coincide with the area of the same name, they are commonly named "areas" () Geography The Subdistrict area of Fangshan (population 187,667) contains an urban area, has an area of and an estimated population of 200,000. Other major urban areas are Liangxiang (population estimate 110,000, 93,486 in township), Zhoukoudian (35,000, 39,877 in township), Doudian (30,000, 25,046 in township), and Liulihe (22,000, 37,936 in township). Fangshan is situated to the east of the Taihang Mountains. The east and south of the district is a fertile plai ...
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The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district (), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or municipal district (), are subdivisions of a municipality or a prefecture-level city. The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefecture-level; districts of a sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are county-level. The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete county-controlled districts (also known as district public office). However, if the word ''district'' is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history, then it is a translation for ''xian'', another type of administrative division in China. Before the 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions containing mostly urban, built-up areas, with very little farmland ...
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Jingshi Expressway
"Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various news organizations, governments, and international agencies over the next decade. Etymology The Chinese characters ("north") and ("capital") together mean the "Northern Capital". The name was first used during the reign of the Ming dynasty's Yongle Emperor, who made his northern fief a second capital, along with Nanjing (, the "Southern Capital"), in 1403 after successfully dethroning his nephew during the Jingnan Campaign. The name was restored in 1949 at the founding of the People's Republic of China. Peking Portugal was the first European country to contact China in modern times. In Portuguese, the city is called ''Pequim.'' This name appeared in the letters of Francis Xavier in 1552. It transferred to English as "Pekin" and to ...
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Yancun East Station
Yancundong station () is an interchange station on Fangshan Line and Yanfang Line of the Beijing Subway. It was opened on December 30, 2017. Station Layout The station has elevated dual-island platforms with a cross platform interchange. Fangshan line trains serve the inner platforms whilst Yanfang line trains serve the outer platforms. On one side, terminating Fangshan line trains interchange with Yanfang line trains heading to Yanshan Yanshan may refer to: Places *Yanshan County, Hebei () *Yanshan County, Jiangxi () *Yanshan County, Yunnan () *Yanshan District (), Guilin, Guangxi **Yanshan Subdistrict (), in Yanshan District *Yanshan Avenue Subdistrict (), Haigang District, Qinh ..., whilst on the other, terminating Yanfang line trains interchange with Fangshan line trains heading to Dongguantou South. Exits There are 4 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, and B2. Exits A2 and B2 are accessible. References Beijing Subway stations in Fangshan District {{Beijing-Subway ...
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Liangxiangnanguan Station
Liangxiang Nanguan station () is a station on Fangshan Line of the Beijing Subway. Station Layout The station has 2 elevated side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms .... Exits There are 4 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, and B2. Exits A1 and B1 are accessible. References Beijing Subway stations in Fangshan District {{Beijing-Subway-stub ...
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Liangxiang University Town West Station
Liangxiang Univ. Town West station () is a station on Fangshan Line of the Beijing Subway. Station Layout The station has an elevated island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on .... Exits There are 3 exits, lettered A1, A2, and B. Exits A2 and B are accessible. References Beijing Subway stations in Fangshan District {{Beijing-Subway-stub ...
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Liangxiang University Town Station
Liangxiang Univ. Town station () is a station on Fangshan Line of the Beijing Subway. Station Layout The station has an elevated island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on .... Exits The station has 4 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, and B2. Exits A1 and B1 are accessible. References Beijing Subway stations in Fangshan District {{Beijing-Subway-stub ...
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Liangxiang University Town North Station
Liangxiang Univ. Town North station () is a station on Fangshan Line of the Beijing Subway. Station Layout The station has an elevated island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on .... Exits There are 4 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, and B2. Exits A1 and B1 are accessible. References Beijing Subway stations in Fangshan District {{Beijing-Subway-stub ...
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Libafang Station
Libafang station () is a station on Fangshan Line of the Beijing Subway. Station Layout The station has an elevated island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on .... Exits There are 4 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, and B2. Exits A1 and B1 are accessible. References Beijing Subway stations in Fangshan District {{Beijing-Subway-stub ...
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