Shangzhuang 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 ...
on the northern end of
Haidian District
Haidian District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It is mostly situated in northwestern Beijing, but also to a lesser extent in the west, where it has borders with Xicheng District and Fengtai District.
It is 431 square km in ar ...
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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 ...
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China. It borders Machikou Town in the north, Shahe Town in the east,
Xibeiwang Town in the southeast,
Sujiatuo and Yangfang Town in the west. The 2020 census determined this area's population to be 71,554.
The name Shangzhuang () came from a village where the government of the town is located in.
History
Administrative Divisions
In 2021, Shangzhuang Area covered 32 subdivisions, including 6
communities 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 ...
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See also
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List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References
{{Subdivisions of Haidian District, Beijing
Haidian District
Towns in Beijing
Areas of Beijing