Beilin, Xi'an

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,^[2] 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 碑林区
District
Coordinates: 34°14′55″N 108°57′28″E[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shaanxi
Sub-provincial city	Xi'an
Area
• Total	23.37 km2 (9.02 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[2]
• Total	734,000
• Density	26,298.54/km2 (68,112.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	710000
Xi'an district map	Subdivisions of Xi'an, Shaanxi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Districts 1 Xincheng 2 Beilin 3 Lianhu 4 Baqiao 5 Weiyang 6 Yanta 7 Yanliang 8 Lintong 9 Chang'an 13 Gaoling Counties 10 Lantian 11 Zhouzhi 12 Huyi

History

The 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

As 2020, Beilin District is divided to 8 subdistricts.^[5]

Subdistricts

Nanyuanmen Subdistrict (南院门街道) Baishulin Subdistrict (柏树林街道) Changlefang Subdistrict (长乐坊街道) Dongguannanjie Subdistrict (东关南街街道)

Taiyilu Subdistrict (太乙路街道) Wenyilu Subdistrict (文艺路街道) Chang'anlu Subdistrict (长安路街道) Zhangjiacun Subdistrict (张家村街道)

Population

According 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

• Stele Forest

• 

  avilion at the Stele Forest in Xi'an

  

  Jianfu Temple

  Jianfu Temple
• Small Wild Goose Pagoda
• Xi'an Museum
• Xingqinggong Park

• 

  Small Wild Goose Pagoda

  Wolong Temple

Education

Beilin district is an important center of Xi'an. There are many educational institutions in Beilin.

University

• 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

• Middle School Attached to Northwestern Polytechnical University
• High School Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University

References

1. "Beilin" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
2. "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.
3. "Se-gan Foo" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXI.
4. The Nestorian Monument in China, p. 6.
5. 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.
6. "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.

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