Shijingshan District

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, 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.

Shijingshan

石景山区
District
Location of Shijingshan District in Beijing
Coordinates: 39°54′23″N 116°13′23″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
MunicipalityBeijing
Township-level divisions9 subdistricts
Area
 • Total86 km2 (33 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total616,000
 • Density7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
100043
Area code(s)0010

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:[1]

NameChinese (S)Hanyu PinyinPopulation (2010)[2]Area (km2)
Babaoshan Subdistrict八宝山街道Bābǎoshān Jiēdào53,6065.24
Laoshan Subdistrict老山街道Lǎoshān Jiēdào42,6066.21
Bajiao Subdistrict八角街道Bājiǎo Jiēdào116,4166.30
Gucheng Subdistrict古城街道Gǔchéng Jiēdào59,78315.41
Pingguoyuan Subdistrict苹果园街道Píngguǒyuán Jiēdào101,77513.80
Jinding Avenue Subdistrict金顶街街道Jīndǐngjiē Jiēdào75,7367.30
Guangning Subdistrict广宁街道Guǎngníng Jiēdào17,3956.11
Wulituo Subdistrict五里坨街道Wǔlǐtuó Jiēdào30,46226.94
Lugu Subdistrict鲁谷街道Lǔgǔ Jiēdào95,4555.57

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:

Important areas

Economy

In 2017,the regional GDP of the district is 53.54 billion yuan,[3] with GDP per capita at 87.5 thousand yuan.

Previously the headquarters of Wumart were on the 10th floor of the Yuquan Building (simplified Chinese: 玉泉大厦; traditional Chinese: 玉泉大廈; pinyin: Yùquán Dàshà) in Shijingshan District.[4][5]

Sports

The district will be used during the 2022 Winter Olympics which will host Big Air snowboarding and freestyle skiing.[6]

References
  1. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：石景山区 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  2. Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China; Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (2012). 中国2010人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料 (1 ed.). Beijing: China Statistics Print. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.
  3. "Regional Yearbook of Beijing,2018"
  4. "tel.jpg Archived 2013-04-12 at the Wayback Machine." Wumart. Retrieved on October 12, 2012. "Add:Yuquan Building Shijingshan Rd. 100049 Beijing, P.R.China"
  5. Home page. Wumart. February 18, 2008. Retrieved on October 12, 2012. "总部地址:北京市石景山区石景山路3号玉泉大厦10层"
  6. "冬奥到底给石景山带来什么？". www.sohu.com. 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
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