Dongzhimen
Dongzhimen was a gate in the old Beijing city fortifications. It is now a commercial center and transportation node in Beijing.- Type: Historical site
- Description: city gate in Dongcheng district, Bejing
- Also known as: “Dongzhi Men”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dongzhimen and Dongzhimen Public Transport Hub.
Dongzhimen
Metro station
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Dongzhimen station is an interchange station for Line 2, Line 13 and the Capital Airport Express of the Beijing Subway. Dongzhimen is the eastern terminus for Line 13 service. Dongzhimen is situated 110 metres northeast of Dongzhimen.
Dongzhimen Public Transport Hub
Bus station
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Dongzhimen Public Transport Hub is a bus station, which is situated 330 metres northeast of Dongzhimen.
Beijing Workers‘ Stadium
Stadium
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The original Workers' Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The stadium was built in 1959, and was renovated in 2004. The stadium was demolished in 2020 and reopened under the same name on 15 April 2023 as a new stadium built on the original site. Beijing Workers‘ Stadium is situated 1½ km southeast of Dongzhimen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beixinqiao and Sanlitun.
Beixinqiao
Suburb
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Beixinqiao Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the northern part of Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. The Yonghe Temple is located here. The subdistrict consists of 10 communities.
Sanlitun
Suburb
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Sanlitun Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the western side of Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. In the year 2020, it had a population of 32,347. The name Sanlitun is based on the fact that at the time of the naming, during the Qing dynasty, it was three li away from Dongzhimen, the nearest city gate of Beijing.
Dongzhimen
- Categories: city gate, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Dongzhimen” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “东直门”
- Chinese: “東直門”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دونجيمين”
- French: “Dongzhimen”
- Indonesian: “Dongzhimen”
- Japanese: “東直門”
- Korean: “동직문”
- Korean: “둥지먼”
- Manchu: “ᡨᠣᠪ ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dongzhimen”
- Norwegian: “Dongzhimen”
- Swedish: “Dongzhimen”
- Thai: “ประตูตงจือ”
- Thai: “ประตูตงจื้อ”
- Urdu: “دونگژیمین”
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