Beilin District () is one of 11 urban districts of the

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, the capital of

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. It is named after the well-known Xi'an Stele Forest, and Small Wild Goose Pagoda is also located in the district. The smallest, but most densely populated, of Xi'an's

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s, it borders the districts of Xincheng to the northeast, Yanta to the south, and Lianhu to the northwest.

History

The area around the present district was organized as () during the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

. At the time, the name was variously spelled Hien-ning, Hsien-ning, and Hsien-ning-hsien.

Administrative divisions

As of 2020, Beilin District is divided to 8 subdistricts. ;Subdistricts

Population

According to the seventh national census, at 00:00 on November 1, 2020: the resident population of the region was 756,840 people.

Tourist Attractions

Stele Forest The Stele Forest or Beilin Museum is a museum for steles and stone sculptures in Beilin District in Xi'an, Northwest China. The museum, which is housed in a former Confucian Temple, has housed a growing collection of Steles since 1087. By 1 ...

* Jianfu Temple * Small Wild Goose Pagoda * Xi'an Museum * Xingqinggong Park * Wolong Temple

Education

Beilin district is an important center of Xi'an. There are many educational institutions in Beilin.

University

Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU; zh, p=, c=西安交通大学, labels=no) is a public university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 9 ...

* Northwest University *

Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU; ) is a public science and engineering university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985 ...

* Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology * Xi'an University of Technology * Xi'an Polytechnic University

High school

* Middle School Attached to Northwestern Polytechnical University * High School Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University *

References

External links

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