Zhoukoudian Area () is a

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and an area located on the east

Fangshan District Fangshan District () is a district of the city of Beijing. It is situated in the southwest of Beijing, away from downtown Beijing. It has an area of and a population of 1,312,778 (2020 Census). The district is divided into 8 subdistricts, 14 tow ...

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. It borders Nanjiao and Fozizhuang Townships to its north,

Xiangyang Xiangyang is the second-largest prefecture-level city by population in northwestern Hubei province, China. It was known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010. The Han River (Hanshui), Han River runs through Xiangyang's centre and divides the city n ...

, Chengguan and

Yingfeng Subdistrict Yingfeng Subdistrict () is a subdistrict on the eastern portion of Fangshan District, Beijing, China. It shares border with Xiangyang Subdistrict in the north, Chengguan Subdistrict in the other three directions, and an exclave of Yingfeng borde ...

s to its east, Shilou and Hangcunhe Towns to its south, and Xiayunling Town to its west. Its population was 41,868 in the 2020 census.

History

Administrative divisions

In 2021, Zhoukoudian Area was formed by 29 subdivisions, of those 5 were

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and 24 were

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 ...

Landmark

Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site (), also romanized as Choukoutien, is a cave system in suburban Fangshan District, Beijing. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of ''Homo erectus'' (''Homo erectus peki ...

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