Xinchengzi 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 ...
located in the
Miyun District
Miyun District () is situated in northeast Beijing. It has an area of and a population of 460,800 (2010 Census). Miyun District government seat is located in Gulou Subdistrict.
History
Miyun was one of the places where Warlord Feng Yuxiang s ...
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 ...
,
China. It borders Liangjianfang and Laowa Townships in the north, Wulingshan Town in the east and south, as well as
Gubeikou
Gubeikou Town () is a town of Miyun District in northeastern Beijing, traversed by , bordering with Luanping County, Hebei to the north and the Beijing towns of Gaoling () to the west, Xinchengzi () to the east and Taishitun (). The area is one ...
and
Taishitun Towns in the west. It had 6,528 residents under its administration as of 2020.
The name Xinchengzi comes from Xinchengzi Village, the place in which the town's government is located. It literally means "New City".
Geography
Xinchengzi is situated foothill of
Mount Wuling
Mount Wuling () is a mountain located at the border of Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei Province and Miyun District, Beijing. It is the main peak of Yan Mountains, with a height of 2118 m above sea level.
The mount raised during the Yanshanian m ...
, which is part of the larger
Yan Mountain Range. Andamu River flows western through the town.
The town is connected to the Beijing-Chengde Expressway, as well as the city-level Songcao Road.
History
Administrative divisions
By 2021, Xinchengzi Town was composed of 19 subdivisions, where 1 was a community and 18 were villages. They can be seen in the list down below:
Gallery
File:雾灵湖 - panoramio - Tiger@西北.jpg, Wuling Lake within the town, 2008
File:曹家路村 - Caojialu Village - 2012.09 - panoramio.jpg, Caojialu Village, 2012
File:Hebei-Beijing border in Laowa, Luanping (20200822151623).jpg, Border with Hebei province
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
, 2020
File:Heigu Pass Watchtower (20200822154342).jpg, Heigu Pass on the eastern border with Hebei, 2020
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References
Miyun District
Towns in Beijing
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