Minzheng Bu
Minzheng Bu is an administrative facility in Beijing, North China. Minzheng Bu is situated nearby to the church St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral, as well as near the museum Forbidden City.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forbidden City and St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral.
Forbidden City
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The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.
St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral
Church
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St. Joseph's Church, commonly known as Wangfujing Church or Dongtang, is an early 20th-century Romanesque Revival church that is one of the four historic Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Beijing. St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral is situated 520 metres east of Minzheng Bu.
Forbidden City
Museum
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The Palace Museum, also known as the Beijing Palace Museum, is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China. Forbidden City is situated 1 km west of Minzheng Bu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Dongcheng and Dongsi.
Central Dongcheng
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Dongcheng District is in Beijing. It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city. Most visitors to the city will come here to visit both Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.
Dongsi
Suburb
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Dongsi is the name of an intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Dongcheng District, Beijing. Dongsi, at the intersection of what is now Dongsi Avenues North, South and West and Chaoyangmen Inner Street, dates to the Yuan dynasty.
Gulou
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Gulou is a part of Dongcheng District in Beijing, China. The name "Gulou" translates to Drum Tower, which is one of the main attractions here. Gulou is considered the most charming area in Beijing.
Minzheng Bu
- Type: Administrative facility
- Category: government building
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.91537° or 39° 54′ 55″ northLongitude
116.39989° or 116° 23′ 60″ eastElevation
52 metres (171 feet)Open location code
8PFRW98X+4XGeoNames ID
8384617
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In Other Languages
“Minzheng Bu” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “民政部”
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