Zhang Town () is a

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on the east side of

Shunyi District Shunyi District () is a district of Beijing. Shunyi borders the Beijing districts of Pinggu to the east, Tongzhou to the south, Chaoyang to the southwest, Changping to the west, Huairou to the north, and Miyun to the northeast, as well as ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

. It borders Longwantun Town to the north, Yukou and Machangying Towns to the east, Dasungezhuang Town to the south, and Yang Town to the west. In the year 2020, its population was 24,795. The town's name is referring to the town's origin as a settlement founded by people of the Zhang family during the Liao dynasty.

History

Administrative divisions

As of 2021, Zhang Town was made up of 31 subdivisions, in which 2 were

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and 29

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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{{Subdivisions of Shunyi District, Beijing Towns in Beijing Shunyi District

History

Administrative divisions

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