Dasungezhuang 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 ...
situated on the southeastern portion of
Shunyi District,
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 ...
. It shares border with Zhang Town in its north, Machangying and Mafang Towns in its east, Gaolou Town in its south,
Beiwu
Beiwu Town () is a town on the southern portion of Shunyi District, Beijing. It shares border with Yang Town to the north, Dasungezhuang Town to the east, Gaolou and Yanjiao Towns to the south, and Lisui Town to the west. The town was home to a po ...
and
Yang Towns in the west. In 2020, it was home to 23,712 residents.
Dasungezhuang was originally known as Dasonggezhuang () during the
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...
, which referred to the pine forest surrounding the settlement.
History
Administrative divisions
In the year 2021, Dasungezhuang Town was composed of 39
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 ...
:
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References
{{Subdivisions of Shunyi District, Beijing
Towns in Beijing
Shunyi District