Xihongmen Area () is an

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and a town situated on northern

Daxing District Daxing District () is a district of Beijing, covering the southern suburbs of the city. It borders the Beijing districts of Tongzhou to the east/northeast, Fangshan to the west, Fengtai to the northwest, Chaoyang to the northeast, and the Hebe ...

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. It borders Huaxiang and Nanyuan Subdistricts in its north,

Jiugong Jiugong () is an area in northern Daxing District, Beijing, located just inside the 5th Ring Road. It borders Huaxiang and Nanyuan Subdistircts to its north and west, Xiaohongmen and Yizhuang Towns to its east, as well as Yinghai and Xihongmen Tow ...

and Yinghai Towns in its east, Qingyundian and Huangcun Towns in its southeast, as well as Guanyinsi and Gaomidian Subdistricts in its southwest. It was home to 179,974 residents as of 2020. The region was called Xihongmen () because of the west gate of Imperial Southern Garden that used to exist within the area during

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and

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History

Administrative divisions

By the end of 2021, Xihongmen Area comprised 23 subdivisions, of which 20 were residential communities, 2 were

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and 1 was an industrial area:

Gallery

File:Northwestern facade of Xihongmen Station (20150423123325).jpg, Xihongmen Station of Beijing Subway, 2015 File:Jingkai Expwy between Xinfadi and Xihongmen (20170807161049).jpg, Jingkai Expressway on the east of the area, 2017 File:People's Public Security University of China, Tuanhe Campus (20201019145128).jpg, Tuanhe Campus of

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, 2020 File:Northeast facade of LIVAT Beijing Xihongmen (20200729180148).jpg, LIVAT Shopping Center, 2020 File:Facade of IKEA Beijing Xihongmen Store (20210622183410).jpg,

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Beijing Xihongmen Store, 2021

References

{{Subdivisions of Daxing District, Beijing Towns in Beijing Daxing District Areas of Beijing

History

Administrative divisions

Gallery

See also

References