Majuqiao Town () is a town in
Tongzhou District in the southeastern suburbs of
Beijing
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, located barely inside the
6th Ring Road and near that highway's interchange with
G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway
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. As of 2020, the town was home to 175,794 residents.
Around the end of
Sui dynasty, this region was part of a horse farm. The settlement around the farm was known as Majuli, and a bridge named Majuqiao () was built across Liangshui River. The town was named after the once-existed bridge.
History
Administrative divisions
In 2021, Majuqiao Town comprised 55 subdivisions, of which 10 were communities and 45 were
villages
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See also
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List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References
Towns in Beijing
Tongzhou District, Beijing
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