Kangzhuang 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
Zhangshanying
Zhangshanying Town () is a town in the Yanqing District of Beijing. It shares border with Dahaituo Township in the north, Jiuxian and Shenjiaying Towns in the east, Yanqing Town in the south, and Beixinpu Town in the west. As of 2020, Zhangshanying ...
and
Yanqing Towns to its north,
Dayushu Town to its east, Badaling Town to its southeast, Donghuayuan and Xiaonanxinbao Towns to its southwest, and has several pieces of lands north of the Guishui River. The census had counted 32,815 residents for this town in 2020.
It is named Kangzhuang () because
Kang was the most popular surname in the region during the founding of the settlement in 1593.
Geography
Kangzhuang is located on the eastern portion of Yanhuai Basin, and on the southern bank of Guishui River.
Beijing–Baotou railway and Kangzhuang-Yanqing Railway pass through the town.
History
Administrative divisions
By 2021, Kangzhuang Town comprised 34 subdivisions, with 3
communities and 31
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 ...
. Here is a table listing all the subdivisions:
See also
*
List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References
{{Subdivisions of Yanqing District, Beijing
Yanqing District
Towns in Beijing