Mentougou District
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Key facts
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Municipality
- Beijing
- Township level divisions
- 4 subdistricts, 9 towns
- Total
- 1,321 km (510 sq mi)
- Density
- 297.2/km (769.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( China Standard )
- Area code
- 0010
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of China
- Official name
- 门头沟区
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Beijing
- Contains
- Zhaitang
- Population
- 392606
- Area
- 1447.85
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Headquarters
- Glasgow
- Official website
- www.bjmtg.gov.cn
- Image
- Mentougou, Beijing, China - panoramio (25).jpg
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- Category:Mentougou District
- Commons category
- Mentougou District
- postal code
- 102300
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Encyclopedic overview
Mentougou District (Chinese: 门头沟区; pinyin: Méntóugōu Qū) is a district of the city of Beijing. It is at the western part of the city. Spanning 1,321 square kilometres (510 sq mi), with 392,606 inhabitants (2020 Census), it is subdivided into 4 subdistricts and 9 towns. It borders the Beijing districts of Changping to the northeast, Haidian and Shijingshan to the east, Fengtai to the southeast, and Fangshan to the south, as well as Hebei province to the west and northwest.
It lies in the Western Hills of Beijing and is mountainous in terrain. In fact, the mountainous terrain—including a hundred or more peaks—occupy a stunning 93% of the entire area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mentougou District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.