Pinggu District (), formerly Pinggu County (), lies in the far east of
Beijing
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Municipality
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. It has an area of and a population of 396,701 (2000 Census). The district is subdivided into 2 subdistricts, 14 towns, and 2 townships. It borders the Beijing districts of
Miyun
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History
Miyun was one of the places where Warlord Feng Yuxiang s ...
and
Shunyi
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to the north and west, respectively,
Tianjin
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's
Jizhou District to the southeast, and in
Hebei
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province,
Xinglong County and
Sanhe to the northeast and south, respectively.
Administrative divisions
There are 2
subdistricts, 14
towns
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an or ...
with 4 towns of which carry the "area" () label, and 2
townships in the district:
[These towns are officially classified as subdistricts, but as they coincide with the area of the same name, they are commonly named "areas" ()]
Climate
History
Pinggu District was formerly Pinggu County until 2001. In 1986, the 10,000-capacity
Pinggu Stadium, which is used mostly for football matches, opened.
Economy
Pinggu district prides itself on the cultivation of the
peach
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.
Transportation
The planned
Pinggu line
Line 22 (Pinggu line) of the Beijing Subway is a rapid transit line under planning in Beijing and Hebei Province.
It will run from Dongdaqiao station in Chaoyang District to Pinggu station in Pinggu District with 21 stations. The length of th ...
will connect the District to the
Beijing Subway
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system.
Education
Sister cities
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Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea (1995)
*
Llíria, Valencia, Spain (2018)
References
External links
Official website of Pinggu District Government
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Districts of Beijing