Beilin District (simplified Chinese: 碑林区; traditional Chinese: 碑林區; pinyin: Bēilín Qū) is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. It is named after the well-known Xi'an Stele Forest, and Small Wild Goose Pagoda is also located in the district. The smallest, but most densely populated,[1] of Xi'an's county-level divisions, it borders the districts of Xincheng to the northeast, Yanta to the south, and Lianhu to the northwest.
Beilin
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| Coordinates: 34°14′55″N 108°57′28″E / 34.2487°N 108.9579°E[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | People's Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Province | Shaanxi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-provincial city | Xi'an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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• Total | 23.37 km2 (9.02 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Population (2019)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
• Total | 734,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • Density | 26,298.54/km2 (68,112.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal code | 710000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
editThe area around the present district was organized as Xianning County (simplified Chinese: 咸宁县; traditional Chinese: 咸寜縣; pinyin: Xiánníng Xiàn; lit. 'Completely Peaceful County') during the Qing Dynasty. At the time, the name was variously spelled Hien-ning,[3] Hsien-ning,[4] and Hsien-ning-hsien.
Administrative divisions
editAs 2020, Beilin District is divided to 8 subdistricts.[5]
- Subdistricts
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Population
editAccording to the seventh national census, at 00:00 on November 1, 2020: the resident population of the region was 756,840 people.[6]
Tourist Attractions
edit- Stele Forest
avilion at the Stele Forest in Xi'an 
Jianfu Temple - Small Wild Goose Pagoda
- Xi'an Museum
- Xingqinggong Park
Small Wild Goose Pagoda
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Education
editBeilin district is an important center of Xi'an. There are many educational institutions in Beilin.
University
edit- Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Northwest University
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
- Xi'an University of Technology
- Xi'an Polytechnic University
High school
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "西安市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Xi'an Evening News (西安晚报). 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Beilin" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ^ "Se-gan Foo" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXI.
- ^ The Nestorian Monument in China, p. 6.
- ^ 2020年统计用区划代码（碑林区） (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
- ^ "中國: 陕西省 (地级行政、县级行政区) - 人口统计，图表和地图" [China: Shaanxi Province (prefecture-level administration, county-level administration) - demographics, charts and maps]. www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
External links
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