Beiqijia Town () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in the southwestern corner of
Changping District
Changping District (), formerly Changping County (), is a district situated in the suburbs of north and northwest Beijing.
History
Changping County and Jundu County which administered the area were established in the Han Dynasty. Changping was i ...
,
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It borders
Baishan
Baishan (, ko, 백산시) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jilin province, in the Dongbei (northeastern) part of China. "" literally means "White Mountain", and is named after Changbai Mountain (, also known as Paektu Mountain (Kore ...
and
Xiaotangshan Towns in the north,
Houshayu Town and
Sunhe Township in the east,
Laiguangying Township and
Tiantongyuanbei Subdistrict
Tiantongyuanbei Subdistrict () is a subdistrict situated on the southeastern corner of Changping District, Beijing, China. It shares border with Beiqijia Town in the north and east, Laiguangying Township and Tiantongyuannan Subdistrict in the sou ...
in the south,
Dongxiaokou Town in the southwest, and
Shahe Town in the west. Its census population was 308,907 as of 2020.
History
Administrative divisions
As of 2021, Beiqijia Town oversees 42 subdivisions, where 23 are
communities
A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place (geography), place, Norm (social), norms, religion, values, Convention (norm), customs, or Identity (social science), identity. Communiti ...
, and 19 are
villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
:
Gallery
File:啦非特酒店 - panoramio.jpg, Lafayette Hotel on the northeast of the town, 2009
File:北七家镇 - Beiqijia Town - 2015.08 - panoramio.jpg, Litang Road within Beiqijia Town, 2015
File:North entrance of Tiantongyuan North Hub (20210716142528).jpg, Tiantongyuanbei Transportation Hub, 2021
File:Central Academy of Drama, Changping campus (20220406141855).jpg, Changping Campus of Central Academy of Drama
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Beijing
This is a list of township-level divisions of the municipality of Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divi ...
References
{{Subdivisions of Changping District, Beijing
Changping District
Towns in Beijing