Yongding Town () is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
that the southeastern corner of
Mentougou District
Mentougou District () is a district in western Beijing. Spanning , with 266,591 inhabitants (2000 Census), it is subdivided into 4 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing and 9 towns (1 of which is a suburb of the city proper of Beijing). It bor ...
,
Beijing
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,
China
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. It borders Longquan Town,
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* Dayu, Banmauk, Sagaing Region, Burma
* Yu (Stargate), a Goa'uld System Lord in the TV show ''Stargate SG-1''
*Softstar (大宇資訊), a Chinese language video game developer and publisher.
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and
Guangning Subdistricts in the north,
Gucheng Subdistrict Gucheng, formerly romanized as Ku Ch'eng, may refer to the following places in China:
Gucheng meaning "old city/fort" (古城) Communities
* Gucheng, Chengzhong, Chengzhong Subdistrict, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei Counties
*Qitai County (''formerly ...
in the east,
Wangzuo Town and
Beigong Town in the south, Tantuosi Town in the west, and has an exclave north of Tantuosi. It had 106,112 people living within its borders as of 2020.
The area was named Yongding () after the
Yongding River
The Yongding River () is a river in northern China. It is one of the main tributaries in the Hai River system and is best known as the largest river to flow through Beijing. In recent years, the Beijing segment of the river has dried up due to ...
that passes through it.
History
Administrative Divisions
As of 2021, Yongding Area had direct jurisdiction over 51 subdivisions, of which 27 were
communities
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and 24 were
villages
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:
Landmark
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Jietai Temple
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 Mentougou District, Beijing
Mentougou District
Towns in Beijing