Beizhuang Town () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

located in the

Miyun District Miyun District () is situated in northeast Beijing. It has an area of and a population of 460,800 (2010 Census). Miyun District government seat is located in Gulou Subdistrict. History Miyun was one of the places where Warlord Feng Yuxiang s ...

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, China. It lies in a basin inside the Yan Mountain Range, with Qingshui, Daihuangyan and Xiaohuangyan Rivers flowing through it. The town borders Taishitun Town in the north and west, Shimenshan Town in the east, and Dachengzi Town in the south. It had a total population of 5,993 as of 2020. The name Beizhuang is taken from Beizhuang Village, the seat of the town's government. It can be literally translated as "North Villa".

History

Administrative divisions

So far in 2021, Beizhuang Town is subdivided into 12 divisions, of those 1 is a

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and 11 are

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

. They are listed in the table below:

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Miyun District Towns in Beijing {{Beijing-geo-stub

History

Administrative divisions

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