Nancai 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 at the center 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 is located south of Beixiaoying Town, west of
Yang Town, North of
Lisui and
Renhe Towns, and east of
Shuangfeng Subdistrict. It had 73,163 inhabitants within its borders in 2020.
The town's name came from Cai Village that used to exist in the area, which was later split into north and south villages during the
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...
.
History
Administrative divisions
In 2021, There were 27 subdivisions within Nancai Town, consisted of 1
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 26
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