Heizhuanghu Area () is an area and
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
on the southeastern corner
Chaoyang District,
Beijing
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,
China
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. It borders
Guanzhuang Township Guanzhuang is the name of several places in the People's Republic of China:
Guanzhuang (管庄)
* Guanzhuang, Beijing, a district of Beijing ()
* Guǎnzhuang station, Beijing Subway () Guanzhuang (关庄)
* Guānzhuang station, Beijing Subway () Gu ...
and Beiyuan Subdistrict to the north, Liyuan Town to the east, Taihu Town to the south, Dougezhuang Township to the west. According to the
2020 census, the population of Heizhuanghu township was 49,983.
The name of Heizhuanghu () originates from the end 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 ...
, when the originally settlers of this region lived in half-underground shacks.
History
Administrative Divisions
As of 2021, Heizhuanghu has 23 subdivision under it, with 7
communities
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and 16 villages:
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
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Chaoyang District, Beijing
Areas of Beijing