Mentougou District () is a district of the city of

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. It is at the western part of the city. Spanning , with 392,606 inhabitants (2020 Census), it is subdivided into 4

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and 9

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. It borders the Beijing districts of Changping to the northeast, Haidian and Shijingshan to the east, Fengtai to the southeast, and Fangshan to the south, as well as

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province to the west and northwest. It lies in the

Western Hills The Western Hills () are the hills and mountains in the western part of Beijing. Geography Being an extension of the Taihang mountain range from the Hebei Province, the Western Hills cover approximately 17% of the Beijing municipality, incl ...

of Beijing and is mountainous in terrain. In fact, the mountainous terrain—including a hundred or more peaks—occupy a stunning 93% of the entire area.

Tourism

Mentougou District is gaining popularity as a tourist destination. Among its main sights are Jietai Temple,

Tanzhe Temple The Tanzhe Temple () is a Buddhist temple situated in the Western Hills, a mountainous area in western Beijing. The temple is located near China National Highway 108 in Tanzhesi Town, Mentougou District, Beijing. At one time, it was one of the ...

, Longmen Gully (or Canyon), Mount Baihua, Mount Ling (the highest mountain in Beijing at 2,303 metres), Mount Miaofeng, and Cuandixia Village.

Transport

Road

The

6th Ring Road The 6th Ring Road () is an expressway ring road in Beijing, China, which runs around the city approximately from the center of the city. The 6th Ring Road is approximately long. The road is numbered G4501 and is considered a peripheral seg ...

runs through the eastern part of Mentougou District.

Metro

Mentougou District is served by one line of the

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. * - , , , , ,

Administrative divisions

There are 4

and 9

in the district.

Education

Climate

Mentougou District has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(

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''Dwa''). The average annual temperature in Mentougou is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

References

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