Shidu Town () is a town in
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 ...
in far southwestern
Beijing
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, around from the border with
Hebei
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. Shidu, literally the "Tenth Ferry", is located in the valley of the meandering
Juma River and so named because accessing the town is said to require crossing the river ten times. Shidu is known for the surrounding
karst
Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...
landscape, the largest in northern China, that is created by the Juma River cutting through the
Taihang Mountain. The elevation of Shidu varies from above the sea level. As of 2020, it had a total population of 9,132.
The
Beijing–Yuanping Railway has a station in Shidu.
History
Administrative divisions
In 2020, Shidu Town was made up of 21
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 ...
, all of which are listed down below:
Gallery
File:Mountain teeth (3049760598).jpg, Mountains of Shidu, 2008
File:十渡镇 - Shidu Town - 2011.04 - panoramio.jpg, Shidu Town, 2011
File:翠竹桥苑 - Green Bamboo Bridge Garden - 2011.04 - panoramio.jpg, Green Bamboo Bridge Garden, 2011
File:Shidu, Beijing 2018-08-19 122935.jpg, Aerial view of Shidu Town and Juma River, 2018
See also
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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
External links
Official website
Towns in Beijing
Fangshan District
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