Shijingshan District () is an urban district of the city 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.
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 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:
Name Chinese (S) Hanyu Pinyin Population (2010) Area (km2) Babaoshan Subdistrict 53,606 5.24 Laoshan Subdistrict 42,606 6.21 Bajiao Subdistrict 116,416 6.30 Gucheng Subdistrict 59,783 15.41 Pingguoyuan Subdistrict 101,775 13.80 Jindingjie Subdistrict 75,736 7.30 Guangning Subdistrict 17,395 6.11 Wulituo Subdistrict 30,462 26.94 Lugu Subdistrict 95,455 5.57
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 4 metro lines of the Beijing Subway system:
- Pingguoyuan, Gucheng, Bajiao Amusement Park, Babaoshan, Yuquanlu - Jin'anqiao, Pingguoyuan, Yangzhuang, Xihuangcun - , , , - Pingguoyuan, Jin'anqiao
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 In 2017, the regional GDP of the district was 53.54 billion yuan,"Regional Yearbook of Beijing,2018" with GDP per capita at 87.5 thousand yuan.
Education
Sports The district is the location of hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics BMX and track-cycling events at the location of the Laoshan Velodrome, as well as hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics Big Air snowboarding and freestyle skiing events at the Big Air Shougang.
Climate
Shijingshan District has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa). The average annual temperature in Shijingshan is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around .
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