|
Fangshan, Beijing
Fangshan District () is a district of the city of Beijing. It is situated in the southwest of Beijing, away from downtown Beijing. It has an area of and a population of 1,312,778 (2020 Census). The district is divided into 8 subdistricts, 14 towns, and 6 townships. The district administers 8 Subdistrict (China), subdistricts (with 4 subdistricts under "Yanshan District, Beijing, Yanshan area"), 14 Town (China), towns with 3 towns of which carry the "area" () label, and 6 Townships of the People's Republic of China, townships:These towns are officially classified as subdistricts, but as they coincide with the area of the same name, they are commonly named "areas" () Geography The Subdistrict area of Fangshan (population 187,667) contains an urban area, has an area of and an estimated population of 200,000. Other major urban areas are Liangxiang, Beijing, Liangxiang (population estimate 110,000, 93,486 in township), Zhoukoudian (35,000, 39,877 in township), Doudian (30,000, 25,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District (PRC)
The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district ( zh, s=区, labels=no), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or municipal district ( zh, s=市辖区, links=no, labels=no), are subdivisions of a municipality or a prefecture-level city. The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefecture-level; districts of a sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are county-level. The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete county-controlled districts (also known as district public office). However, if the word ''district'' is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history, then it is a translation for ''xian'', another type of administrative division in China. Before the 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions contai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
