Xiwengzhuang 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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,
China
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. Situated on the southwest of the
Miyun Reservoir
Miyun Reservoir () is a large-scale reservoir in Miyun District, Beijing, China, straddling the Chao River (潮河) and Bai River (白河). There are two major rivers flowing into the reservoir, namely the Bai River and the Chao River. The rese ...
, it borders
Shicheng and
Bulaotun Towns to the north,
Mujiayu Town to the east,
Miyun Town
Miyun Town () is a town in Miyun District, Beijing, China. Situated near the Bai River, It borders Xiwengzhuang Town to its north, Tanying Ethnic Township and Gulou Subdistrict to its east, Guoyuan Subdistrict and Shilipu Town to its south, ...
to the south, and
Xitiangezhuang Town to the west. In the year 2020, its population was 20,438.
This town got the name Xiwengzhuang () due to its government being located in Xiwengzhuang Village.
History
Administrative divisions
The table below lists all 22 subdivisions of Xiwengzhuang Town by the end of 2021, including 8
communities
A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place (geography), place, Norm (social), norms, religion, values, Convention (norm), customs, or Identity (social science), identity. Communiti ...
and 14
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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Gallery
File:云龙涧风景区附近 - panoramio.jpg, Yunlongjian on the west of the town, 2010
File:Miyun, Beijing, China - panoramio (22).jpg, Building along the Shuiku South Line, 2013
File:Valley-and-water.jpg - panoramio.jpg, River Valley around Dayugou, 2013
File:Miyun Reservoir 2019.jpg, Miyun Reservoir, 2019
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
Miyun District
Towns in Beijing
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