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Xihongmen Area 西红门地区Xihongmen Town（西红门镇）
Area & Town
Xihongmen Station of Beijing Subway, 2013
Location of Xihongmen Area in Daxing District
Xihongmen AreaShow map of BeijingXihongmen AreaShow map of China
Coordinates: 39°47′21″N 116°20′40″E / 39.78917°N 116.34444°E / 39.78917; 116.34444
Country	China
Municipality	Beijing
District	Daxing
Village-level Divisions	20 communities 2 villages 1 industrial area
Area
• Total	29.37 km (11.34 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population
• Total	179,974
• Density	6,100/km (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	102600
Area code	010

Xihongmen Area (simplified Chinese: 西红门地区; traditional Chinese: 西紅門地區; pinyin: Xīhóngmén Dìqū) is an area and a town situated on northern Daxing District, Beijing, China. It borders Huaxiang and Nanyuan Subdistricts in its north, Jiugong and Yinghai Towns in its east, Qingyundian and Huangcun Towns in its southeast, as well as Guanyinsi and Gaomidian Subdistricts in its southwest. It was home to 179,974 residents as of 2020.

The region was called Xihongmen (Chinese: 西红门; lit. 'West Red Gate') because of the west gate of Imperial Southern Garden that used to exist within the area during Ming and Qing dynasties.

History

Administrative divisions

By the end of 2021, Xihongmen Area comprised 23 subdivisions, of which 20 were residential communities, 2 were villages and 1 was an industrial area:

Gallery

• Xihongmen Station of Beijing Subway, 2015
• Jingkai Expressway on the east of the area, 2017
• Tuanhe Campus of People's Public Security University of China, 2020
• LIVAT Shopping Center, 2020
• IKEA Beijing Xihongmen Store, 2021

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Beijing

References

1. "北京市大兴区第七次全国人口普查公报". www.bjdx.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
2. ^ 李立国; 李万钧; 吴世民, eds. (2013). 中华人民共和国政区大典, 北京市卷. Beijing: 中国社会出版社. ISBN 978-7-5087-4058-4. OCLC 910451741.
3. "2021年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码". www.stats.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-22.

• Towns in Beijing
• Daxing District
• Areas of Beijing