Gubeikou Town () is a

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Miyun District Miyun District () is situated in northeast Beijing. It has an area of and a population of 527,683 (2020 Census). Its government seat is located in Gulou Subdistrict, Beijing, Gulou Subdistrict. History Miyun was one of the places where Warlo ...

in northeastern

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, traversed by G101, bordering with Luanping County,

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to the north and the Beijing towns of Gaoling () to the west, Xinchengzi () to the east and

Taishitun Taishitun Town () is a town located in the Miyun District of Beijing, China. Chao River, Qingshui River and Andamu River converge here before flowing into Miyun Reservoir. The town is situated south of Gaoling and Gubeikou Towns, west of Xinch ...

(). The area is one of the important passes of the

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, serving as an ancient chokepoint for travelers between

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and Beijing. As of 2020, it had a total population of 7,170 under its administration.

Name

This town's name originated in 1736. During

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China pr ...

's visit, he named this region by combining two inscrpted names, Guguan () and Beikou (), into Gubeikou () that is still being used to this day.

History

Administrative divisions

So far in 2021, Gubeikou Town is composed of 13 subdivisions, of which 4 are

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and 9 are

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 ...

. They are listed as follows:

Landmark

Simatai Simatai (), a section of the Great Wall of China located in the north of Miyun District, 120 km northeast of the city center of Beijing, holds the access to Gubeikou, a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall. It was closed in ...

Gallery

File:Gubeikou to Jingshanling 50 (4758181061).jpg, The Gubeikou Great Wall towards Jinshanling, 2010 File:Gubeikou Taoist Temple (20150215104155).JPG, Gubeikou Taoist Temple, 2015 File:Platform of Gubeikou Railway Station (20180430151740).jpg, Gubeikou Railway Station, 2018 File:Gubeikou-facing-west-2018-Luka-Peternel.jpg, Gubeikou section of the

(facing west), 2018

References

External links

Illustrated Atlas of Shanhai, Yongping, Jizhou, Miyun, Gubeikou, Huanghua Zhen and Other Areas
Great Wall of China Mountain passes of China Miyun District Towns in Beijing {{Beijing-geo-stub