Songzhuang 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 northern portion of
Tongzhou District in the eastern suburbs 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 shares border with Liqiao Town in its north, Chaobai River in its east,
Lucheng Town in its southeast,
Luyi Subdistrict
Luyi Subdistrict () is a Subdistrict (China), subdistrict situated on northwestern part of Tongzhou District, Beijing, Tongzhou District, Beijing. It shares border with Yongshun Town in the northwest, Songzhuang Town in the northeast, Lucheng To ...
and Yongshun Town in its southwest, and
Jinzhan Town in its west. In 2020, the population of Songzhuang Town was 145,247.
The name Songzhuang () came from the fact that this region was mostly settled by members of
Song
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family during its foundation in 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 fifth ...
.
History
Administration divisions
In the year 2021, Songzhuang Town comprised 47
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 ...
:
Gallery
File:BaiMiao Toll Station on the G1 Expressway - panoramio.jpg, Baimiao Toll Station on G1 Expressway, 2010
File:Gates to Song Zhuang art town - panoramio.jpg, Gate of Songzhuang Art Town, 2011
File:Stupa looking tower in the middle or round about - panoramio.jpg, Tower on the center of Xiaopu Roundabout, 2011
File:Beijing Tongzhou Shuren Private School (20221002134850).jpg, Tongzhou Shuren Private School building, 2022
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
Towns in Beijing
Tongzhou District, Beijing
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