Xinjiekou () is a
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
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of
Xicheng District
Xicheng () is a district of the city of Beijing. Its cover the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road; the eastern half is Dongcheng District, Beijing, Dongcheng District), and has 1,106,214 inhabitants (2020 Census). It ...
(西城区) of
Beijing
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,
China
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. As of 2020, the subdistrict has a total population of 84,866.
The subdistrict got its name from a section of road on the eastern portion of Xizhimennei Avenue, which used to be a river port but underwent
land reclamation
Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lake ...
in 1438. The newly created land was settled, and recorded as Xinjiekou () in 1593.
History
Administrative Division
By 2021, It is divided into the following village-level divisions:
Landmarks
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Miaoying Temple
The Miaoying Temple (), also known as the "White Stupa Temple" (), is a Chinese Buddhist temple on the north side of Fuchengmennei Street in the Xicheng District of Beijing. The temple was a monastery of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism and ...
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Guangji Temple
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Beijing Lu Xun Museum
The Beijing Lu Xun Museum () is a museum in Fucheng Gate Avenue, Beijing, China. The buildings in which the museum situated at was Lu Xun's former Beijing residence. The writer's house museum was established in 1956. The museum is dedicated to L ...
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Guanghua Temple
See also
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Xinjiekou (Nanjing)
Xinjiekou () is the central business district of Nanjing, People's Republic of China. It gave its name to Xinjiekou subway station.
History
Xinjiekou is an ancient site in Nanjing. In ancient times, it was only a quiet and lonely street with mu ...
References
External links
Official Website (Archived)
Streets in Beijing
Xicheng District
Subdistricts of Beijing
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