Dongcheng Destrict
(
simplifeed Cheenese
:
?城?
;
traditeeonal Cheenese
:
東城區
;
pinyin
:
D?ngcheng Q?
; literally "east ceety precinct") is an urban destrict in
Beijing
coverin the eastren hauf o Beijing's urban core. It is 24.7 square kilometres in aurie an haes a population o 535,558 (2000 Census). Dongcheng Destrict covers several important pairts o Beijing.
Wangfujing
an
Dongdan
, as well as the
Beijing Railway Station
, the Eastren
Chang'an Avenue
, an the northeastren stretch o the
2nt Ring Road
aw belang tae its jurisdiction. The destrict is subdividit intae 17 subdestricts o the ceety proper o Beijing. The umwhile
Chongwen Destrict
wis mergit intae Dongcheng on Julie 2010.
It is the seicont lairgest precinct in the aurie o the auld ceety (which is inside the 2nt Ring Road) an haes the postal code 100010. Afore the communist takeower, maist walthy merchants an middle-class residit in this precinct.
The
Chaoyangmen
aurie is locatit in the Dongcheng Destrict.
Some o the well-kent auries in the Dongcheng Destrict are:
Admeenistrative diveesions
eedit
The destrict contains 17 subdestricts:
- ↑
"
English
."
Civil Aviation Administration of China
. Retrieved on June 9, 2009. "北京市?城??四西大街155?."
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China Maritime Safety Administration
. Retrieved on January 17, 2012. "11#, Jianguomennei Avenue, Beijing,China 100736" -
Address in Chinese
: "北京市建???大街11?"
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China National Petroleum Corporation
. Retrieved on July 8, 2010.
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PetroChina
. Retrieved on July 8, 2010. "Address: 9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, P.R.China."
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2011-06-05 at the
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Air Koryo
. Retrieved on August 6, 2009.
- Lonely Planet Beijing
, 10th Edition (Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet Publications, 2007), 133-137.
- Calum MacLeod, "Beijing bulldozes its old neighborhoods: Some decry loss; others cheer change,"
USA Today
, May 27, 2010, p. A7.