Nankou Area () is an area and 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 on the northwestern corner of
Changping District
Changping District (), formerly Changping County (), is a district situated in the suburbs of north and northwest Beijing.
History
Changping County and Jundu County which administered the area were established in the Han Dynasty. Changping was i ...
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Beijing
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China
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. Bounded by part of
Taihang Mountain Range in its north and west, Nankou borders Badaling and Jingzhuang Towns in its north, Chengnan Subdistrict and Shisanling Town in its east, Machikou and Liucun Towns in its south, and Ruiyunguan Township in its west. In 2020, it had 82,146 people under its administration.
The area got its name Nankou () due to its location at the southern opening of
Juyong Pass
Juyong Pass () is a mountain pass located in the Changping District of Beijing Municipality, over from central Beijing. The Great Wall of China passes through, and the Cloud Platform was built here in the year 1342.
Mountain pass
Geography
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History
Administrative divisions
As of 2021, Nankou Area had 39 subdivisions within its borders, composed of 11
communities
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villages
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Gallery
File:居庸关长城 - panoramio (1).jpg, Juyong Pass
Juyong Pass () is a mountain pass located in the Changping District of Beijing Municipality, over from central Beijing. The Great Wall of China passes through, and the Cloud Platform was built here in the year 1342.
Mountain pass
Geography
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and surrounding section of the Great Wall
The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand Li (unit), ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against Eurasian noma ...
, 2012
File:Beijing-Lhasa Expressway near Nankou, Changping, Beijing.jpg, Part of Beijing-Lhasa Expressway near Nankou, 2016
File:Entrance for Yilu Garden.jpg, Entrance of Yilu Garden, 2018
File:Beijing Vacuum Flask Industrial Company (20201201132507).jpg, Beijing Vacuum Flask Industrial Company, 2020
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
{{Subdivisions of Changping District, Beijing
Changping District
Towns in Beijing