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Mafang Town () is a
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
situated inside of Pinggu District,
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,
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. It shares border with Machangying Town to the north, Donggaocun Town to the east, Nanniezhuang Village to the south, and Dasungezhuang Town to the west. It was home to 29,601 people as of 2020. This region had been a horse farm for military usage from Liao dynasty all the way to
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, thus receiving its name Mafang ().


History


Administrative divisions

In the year 2021, Mafang Town comprised the following 26 subdivisions, where 4 were
communities A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place (geography), place, set of Norm (social), norms, culture, religion, values, Convention (norm), customs, or Ide ...
and 22 were
villages A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...
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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 Pinggu District, Beijing Pinggu District Towns in Beijing Areas of Beijing