Beijing

:Peking is also the name of an asteroid, see 2045 Peking.

City layout

Neighbourhoods

Linguistic note: Men (?) means "gate", while cun (?) literally means "village".

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Major neighbourhoods in urban Beijing include the following. Neighborhoods may overlap across multiple districts (see below):

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• Andingmen ???
• Beiyuan ??
• Chaoyangmen ???
• Dongzhimen ???
• Fangzhuang ??
• Fuchengmen ???
• Fuxingmen ???
• Guomao ??
• Hepingli ???
• Wangjing ??
• Wangfujing ???
• Wudaokou ???
• Xidan ??
• Yayuncun ???
• Zhongguancun ???

Towns

Towns within Beijing Municipality but outside the urban area include:

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• Changping ??
• Huairou ??
• Miyun ??
• Liangxiang ??
• Liulimiao ???
• Tongzhou ??
• Yizhuang ??

Administrative divisions

Beijing Municipality currently comprises 18 administrative sub-divisions, county-level units governed directly by the municipality (second-level divisions). Of these, 16 are districts and 2 are counties.

Related Topics:
County-level units - District - Counties

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The urban and suburban areas of the city are divided into 8 districts:

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• Dongcheng District (东城区: Dōngchéng Qū)
• Xicheng District (西城区: Xīchéng Qū)
• Chongwen District (崇文区: Chóngwén Qū)
• Xuanwu District (宣武区: Xuānwǔ Qū)
• Chaoyang District (朝阳区: Cháoyáng Qū)
• Haidian District (海淀区: Hǎidiàn Qū)
• Fengtai District (丰台区: Fēngtái Qū)
• Shijingshan District (石景山区: Shíjǐngshān Qū)

The other 8 districts are located further out, and govern more distant suburbs, satellite towns, and some rural areas:

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• Mentougou District (门头沟区: Méntóugōu Qū)
• Fangshan District (房山区: Fángshān Qū) — Fangshan County until 1986
• Tongzhou District (通州区: Tōngzhōu Qū) — Tong County until 1997
• Shunyi District (顺义区: Shùnyì Qū) — Shunyi County until 1998
• Changping District (昌平区: Chāngpíng Qū) — Changping County until 1999
• Daxing District (大兴区: Dàxīng Qū) — Daxing County until 2001
• Pinggu District (平谷区: Pínggǔ Qū) — Pinggu County until 2001
• Huairou District (怀柔区: Huáiróu Qū) — Huairou County until 2001

The 2 counties of Beijing govern very distant towns and rural areas:

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• Miyun County (密云县: Mìyún Xiàn)
• Yanqing County (延庆县: Yánqìng Xiàn)

Beijing's 18 districts and counties are further subdivided into 273 lower (third)-level administrative units at the township level: 119 towns, 24 townships, 5 ethnic townships and 125 subdistricts.

Related Topics:
Township level - Town - Township - Ethnic township - Subdistrict

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