Laiguangying Township () is a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
on the northern part of
Chaoyang District,
Beijing
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,
China
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. It borders Tiantongyuannan, Tiantongyuanbei Subdistricts and Beiqijia Town to the north, Sunhe and Cuigezhuang Townships to the east,
Donghu and
Datun Subdistrict
Datun Subdistrict () is a subdistrict on northwest of Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. It borders Aoyuncun Subdistrict to the north and west, Laiguangying Township and Wangjing Subdistrict to the east, Yayuncun and Xiaoguan Subdistrict to th ...
s to the south, Tiantongyuannan and
Aoyuncun Subdistricts to the west. In the year 2020, it has a total population of 163,970.
This area was historically a barrack for the
Plain Blue Banner
The Plain Blue Banner () was one of the Eight Banners of Manchu military and society during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China.
Members
* Li Yongfang
* Abatai
* Agui
* Zhao Erfeng (Han)
* Keying (official)
Keying (21 March 1787 â ...
troops of
Qing dynasty
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, and was known as Lanying (Blue Barrack), which was later corrupted to Laiying. Its first appearance on record as Laiguangying was in 1908.
History
Administrative Divisions
At the end of 2021, there are a total of 34 subdivisions under Laiguangying, in which 29 are
communities
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and 5 are villages:
See also
*
List of township-level divisions of Beijing
This is a list of township-level divisions of the municipality of Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC). After province, prefecture, and county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divi ...
References
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Chaoyang District, Beijing
Areas of Beijing