Beichen District () is a district of the municipality of

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...

, People's Republic of China. Before June 1992, the district was named ''Beijiao District'' (), reflectings its position in the northern suburbs of Tianjin. As the city expanded, it gradually became part of the urban core and was renamed to Beichen. The district occupies approximately , with a population of 320,000.

China National Highway 103 China National Highway 103 (G103) is the main traffic corridor between Beijing and Tianjin. It goes from Tongzhou Beijing to Tianjin and then to the coastal area of Binhai on the outskirts of Tianjin, and runs to approximately 163 km. This ...

goes through the heart of the district. Beichen District also hosts the North Canal (), a branch of the

Hai River The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. The Hai River at Tianjin is formed by the confluence of five watercourses: the ...

Administrative divisions

There are 4

subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...

and 9

towns 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 ...

in the district:

Transportation

Metro

Beichen is currently served by two metro lines operated by

Tianjin Metro The Tianjin Metro or Tianjin Rail Transit is the rapid transit system in the city of Tianjin, which was the second city in mainland China after Beijing to operate a subway system (the Beijing Subway opened in 1971). Opened in 1984, the syste ...

: * - Guojiuchang, Xihengdi,

Liuyuan Liu Yuan or Liuyuan may refer to: People *Liu Yuan (Han Zhao) (died 310), Xiongnu leader who became the founding emperor of Former Han (Han Zhao) *Liu Yuan (PRC general) (born 1951), general and politician of the People's Republic of China *Liu Yua ...

* - Yixingfu, Tianshili, Huabeijituan, Fengchanhe, Xiaodian

References

External links

Official site
Districts of Tianjin {{Tianjin-geo-stub