Yanshou 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 in the northeast of
Changping District
Changping District (), formerly Changping County (), is a district situated in the suburbs of north and northwest Beijing.
History
Changping County and Jundu County which administered the area were established in the Han Dynasty. Changping was i ...
,
Beijing
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China
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. Surrounded by parts of
Taihang Mountain Range on three sides, Yanshou Town borders Dazhuangke Township and Jiuduhe Town in its north, Qiaozi Town in its east,
Xingshou
Xingshou Town () is a town located in the east end of Changping District, Beijing, China. Bounded by Taihang Mountain Range to its immediate north, Xingshou shares border with Qiaozi and Yanshou Towns in the north, Beishicao and Zhaoquanying T ...
and
Cuicun Towns in its south, and
Shisanling Town in its west. It had a census population of 7,766 as of 2020.
This town was created from parts of Changling and Xingshou Towns in 2011. It was named after Yanshou () Temple within its border.
Administrative divisions
So far in 2021, Yanshou Town is made up of 17
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:上庄村 远望铁臂银山 - panoramio.jpg, Tiebiyin Mountain on the north of Beizhuang Village, 2008
File:银山石峰 - panoramio.jpg, Cliff in Yin Mountain, part of Yinshan Talin Site, 2011
File:延寿镇 - Yanshou Town - 2015.08 - panoramio.jpg, Huanling Road within Yanshou Town, 2015
File:Yanshou Temple in Changping Beijing.jpg, Aerial view of Yanshou Temple, 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
{{Subdivisions of Changping District, Beijing
Changping District
Towns in Beijing