Shijingshan District
Shijingshan District is an urban district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies to the west of the urban core of Beijing, and is part of the Western Hills area, bordering the districts of Haidian to the northeast and east, Fengtai to the south, and Mentougou to the west. The district consists of 9 subdistricts of Beijing's city proper.
Although the hills around Yunju Temple may also be called Shijingshan, they have Chinese characters different from those of the district and hence are unrelated to Shijingshan District.
It is in area, making it one of the smaller districts in the greater urban part of Beijing, and is home to 489,439 inhabitants. Its postal code is 100043.
Administrative divisions
There are 9 subdistricts in the district:Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population | Area |
Babaoshan Subdistrict | 八宝山街道 | Bābǎoshān Jiēdào | 53,606 | 5.24 |
Laoshan Subdistrict | 老山街道 | Lǎoshān Jiēdào | 42,606 | 6.21 |
Bajiao Subdistrict | 八角街道 | Bājiǎo Jiēdào | 116,416 | 6.30 |
Gucheng Subdistrict | 古城街道 | Gǔchéng Jiēdào | 59,783 | 15.41 |
Pingguoyuan Subdistrict | 苹果园街道 | Píngguǒyuán Jiēdào | 101,775 | 13.80 |
Jinding Avenue Subdistrict | 金顶街街道 | Jīndǐngjiē Jiēdào | 75,736 | 7.30 |
Guangning Subdistrict | 广宁街道 | Guǎngníng Jiēdào | 17,395 | 6.11 |
Wulituo Subdistrict | 五里坨街道 | Wǔlǐtuó Jiēdào | 30,462 | 26.94 |
Lugu Subdistrict | 鲁谷街道 | Lǔgǔ Jiēdào | 95,455 | 5.57 |
Transportation
The western stretch of the 5th Ring Road lies in this area. The Beijing subway serves this area. China National Highway 109 runs through Shijingshan.Metro
Shijingshan District is currently served by 3 metro lines of the Beijing Subway system:- - Pingguoyuan, Gucheng, Bajiao Amusement Park, Babaoshan, Yuquanlu
- - Pingguoyuan, Jin'anqiao
- - Jin'anqiao, Pingguoyuan, Yangzhuang, Xihuangcun
Important areas
- North China University of Technology
- Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
- Shijingshan Amusement Park
- Shougang industrial complex
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Economy
Previously the headquarters of Wumart were on the 10th floor of the Yuquan Building in Shijingshan District.