Caiyu 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 east end of
Daxing District
Daxing District () is a district of Beijing, covering the southern suburbs of the city. It borders the Beijing districts of Tongzhou to the east/northeast, Fangshan to the west, Fengtai to the northwest, Chaoyang to the northeast, and the Hebe ...
,
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 shares border with
Majuqiao Town and
Yujiawu Hui Ethnic Township
Yujiawu Hui Ethnic Township () is an ethnic township on southern Tongzhou District,Beijing, China. It shares border with Zhangjiawan and Huoxian Towns in its north, Yongledian Town in its east, Caiyu Town in the southwest, and Majuqiao Town i ...
to the north,
Yongledian Town to the east, Wanzhuang Town and Langfang Economic Development Area to the south, and Changziying Town to the west. As of 2020, the population of Caiyu Town was 54,690.
According to ''Tianfu Guangji'' written during the
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
, the region had been called Caiweili in older times, and had been renamed Fanyushu in the early days of
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...
. Later people started to combine the two names to form the name Caiyu.
History
Administrative divisions
In 2021, 59 subdivisions constituted Caiyu Town, consisted of 3
esidential communities, 55
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 ...
, and 1 economic development area:
Gallery
File:采育公交站 Caiyu Country Bus Station 採育バスの駅 채육 버스터미널 - panoramio.jpg, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway passing through the town, 2012
File:鳳河營橋 Fengheying Bridge 봉하영교 - panoramio.jpg, Fengheying Bridge, 2012
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 Daxing District, Beijing
Towns in Beijing
Daxing District