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Shijingshan District

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Municipality
  
Beijing

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area code(s)
  
0010

Local time
  
Saturday 8:53 PM

Township-level divisions
  
9 subdistricts

Postal code
  
100043

Population
  
616,000 (2010)

Shijingshan District imageschinacnattachementjpgsite100720090123

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Weather
  
16°C, Wind E at 18 km/h, 28% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Beijing Shijingshan Amusem, Fahai Temple, Cheng'en Temple, Badachu, Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery

Dilapidated chinese mine train roller coaster pov beijing shijingshan amusement park


Shijingshan District (simplified Chinese: 石景山区; traditional Chinese: 石景山區; pinyin: Shíjǐngshān Qū) 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. The district consists of 9 subdistricts of Beijing's city proper.

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Map of Shijingshan, Beijing, China

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 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi) in area, making it one of the smaller districts in the greater urban part of Beijing (the immense Mentougou District to the west of it dwarfs Shijingshan District), and is home to 489,439 inhabitants (2000 Census). Its postal code is 100043.

Administrative divisions

There are 9 subdistricts in the district:

Transportation

The western stretch of the 5th Ring Road lies in this area. The Beijing subway serves this area (Line 1). China National Highway 109 runs through Shijingshan.

Metro

Fengtai is currently served by one metro lines operated by Beijing Subway:

  •      Line 1 - Pingguoyuan, Gucheng, Bajiao Amusement Park, Babaoshan, Yuquanlu
  • Important areas

  • North China University of Technology
  • Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
  • Shijingshan Amusement Park
  • Shougang industrial complex
  • Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Economy

    Previously the headquarters of Wumart were on the 10th floor of the Yuquan Building (S:玉泉大厦, T:,玉泉大廈, P: Yùquán Dàshà) in Shijingshan District.

    References

    Shijingshan District Wikipedia