Yanqing 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 ...
situated on the west side of
Yanqing District
Yanqing District (), formerly known as Yanqing County before 2015, is a district of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing. The district consists of 3 subdistricts, 11 towns and 4 townships, and borders th ...
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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
Zhangshanying Town in its north,
Shenjiaying Town in its east, as well as
Dayushu and
Kangzhuang Towns in its south. Additionally, it contains
Rulin,
Xiangshuiyuan and
Baiquan Subdistricts within it, and has two
exclaves
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south of Baiquan. In 2020, Its population was determined to be 54,790.
The town's name had been Longqing () during the early
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...
. In 1567, to avoid the name taboo of
Longqing Emperor
The Longqing Emperor (; 4March 15375July 1572), personal name Zhu Zaiji (朱載坖), was the 13th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1567 to 1572. He was initially known as the Prince of Yu (裕王) from 1539 to 1567 before he became th ...
, the region was renamed Yanqing ().
Geography
Yanqing Town is situated at the both shores of Guishui River.
China National Highway 110
China National Highway 110 (G110) runs from Beijing to Qingtongxia, via Hohhot, Baotou in Inner Mongolia, and Yinchuan. It heads northwest from Beijing to Zhangjiakou then heads straight west, and runs to approximately .
In October 2004 and Nove ...
and
Datong–Qinhuangdao railway both traverse through the town.
History
Administrative divisions
At the end of 2021, Yanqing Town was made up of the following 45
villages
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:
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References
{{Subdivisions of Yanqing District, Beijing
Yanqing District
Towns in Beijing