Jingzhuang 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 ...
in the
Yanqing District
Yanqing District (), formerly known as Yanqing County before 2015, is a district of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing. The district consists of 3 subdistricts, 11 towns and 4 townships, and borders th ...
of
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 borders Shenjiaying Town in the north, Yongning Town and Dazhuangke Township in the east, Shisanling and Nankou Towns in the south, as well as Badaling and Dayushu Towns in the west. According to the 2020 census, population for this town was 9,500.
The town is named after Jingjiazhuang Village, the seat of the town's government.
Geography
The town borders Guishui River in the north and parts of
Yan Mountain Range in the other directions.
Datong–Qinhuangdao railway and
National Highway 110 both pass through the town.
History
Administrative divisions
As of 2021, Jingzhuang Town had direct jurisdiction over 32 subdivisions, of which 1 was a
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...
and the others were
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 ...
. They are listed below:
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References
{{Subdivisions of Yanqing District, Beijing
Yanqing District
Towns in Beijing