Xicheng

Xicheng District is a district in central . Visitors come here for the Houhai area to join the bar and restaurant cluster by the lake or to explore the remains of the wealthier part of historical Beijing nearby.
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  • Type: City with 1,230,000 residents
  • Description: district of Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Xicheng District” and “Xicheng, Beijing”

Places of Interest

Highlights include China Geological Museum and Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University.

Museum
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The Geological Museum of China, built in 1916, is a geological , boasting 200 thousand specimens. This museum is located in the Xisi area of and opened on October 1, 1959.

Hospital
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Beijing Children's Hospital is a world-class comprehensive pediatric hospital in , China. It is affiliated with the and plays the role of the Pediatric Medical School.

Shopping center
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is a shopping center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 金融街 and Xichang’anjie.

Suburb
Financial Street Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the center of Xicheng District, , . As of 2020, its total population is 54,849.

Suburb
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Xichang'anjie Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the eastern part of Xicheng District, . The subdistrict got its name from the Chang'an Avenue. As of 2020, it had 11 residential communities under its administration, containing a total population of 36,645…

Suburb
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Guang'anmennei Subdistrict is a subdistrict within the southern half of Xicheng District, , . As of 2020, it has a total population of 60,318. The subdistrict got its name because it is located within and the former .

Xicheng

Latitude
39.91087° or 39° 54′ 39″ north
Longitude
116.35992° or 116° 21′ 36″ east
Population
1,230,000
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Open location code
8PFRW965+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244082109
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1789635
Wiki­data ID
Q30138
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zhuang—“Xicheng” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيتشنغ”
  • Basque: “Xicheng barrutia”
  • Basque: “Xicheng Barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “Січэн”
  • Burmese: “ရှီးချန်ခရိုင်”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Xicheng”
  • Cebuano: “Xicheng Qu”
  • Chinese: “Sai-siâⁿ-khu”
  • Chinese: “Xīchéng Qū”
  • Chinese: “西城”
  • Chinese: “西城区”
  • Chinese: “西城區”
  • Czech: “Si-čcheng čchü”
  • Czech: “Si-čcheng”
  • Czech: “Xīchéng Qū”
  • Czech: “西城区”
  • Czech: “西城區”
  • Danish: “Xicheng”
  • Dutch: “Xicheng-district”
  • Dutch: “Xicheng”
  • Erzya: “Сичэн”
  • Finnish: “Xicheng”
  • French: “district de Xicheng”
  • French: “District de Xicheng”
  • French: “Xicheng”
  • Gan Chinese: “西城区”
  • German: “Xicheng”
  • Hebrew: “רובע שיצ’נג”
  • Hebrew: “שיצ’נג (בייג’ינג)”
  • Hebrew: “שיצ’נג”
  • Hungarian: “Hszicseng”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Xicheng”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Xicheng”
  • Italian: “Xicheng”
  • Japanese: “西城”
  • Japanese: “西城区”
  • Korean: “시청구”
  • Lezghian: “Сичэн”
  • Literary Chinese: “西城區”
  • Lithuanian: “Sičengas”
  • Macedonian: “Сиченг”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Să̤-siàng-kṳ̆”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-siâⁿ-khu”
  • Mirandese: “Xicheng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xicheng”
  • Norwegian: “Xicheng”
  • Persian: “شیچنگ”
  • Persian: “منطقه شیچنگ”
  • Pinyin: “Xīchéng Qū”
  • Polish: “Xicheng”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Xicheng”
  • Russian: “Сичэн”
  • Scots: “Xicheng”
  • Slovenian: “četrt Šičeng”
  • Slovenian: “četrt Xicheng”
  • Slovenian: “Šičeng”
  • Slovenian: “Xicheng”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شیچنق منطقه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Xicheng”
  • Swedish: “Xicheng”
  • Thai: “เขตซีเฉิง”
  • Turkish: “Xicheng”
  • Urdu: “شیچینگ ضلع”
  • Urdu: “ضلع شیچینگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Thành, Bắc Kinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Thành”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Distrito han Xicheng”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Xicheng”
  • Wu Chinese: “西城区”
  • Wu Chinese: “西城區”
  • Yue Chinese: “西城”
  • Yue Chinese: “西城區”
  • Zhuang: “Sihcwngz Gih”

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