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Dengshikou

Dengshi Kou station is a station on Line 5 of the Beijing Subway.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Beijing Subway station in Dongcheng, Beijing
  • Also known as: “Dengshi Kou station” and “Dengshikou station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forbidden City and St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral.

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , located at the centre of , 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.

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. is situated 510 metres west of Dengshikou.

Government office
The Office of the Macau Special Administrative Region in Beijing is the representative office of the government of in , the capital of China. is situated 420 metres southwest of Dengshikou.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Dongcheng and Dongsi.

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Dongcheng District is in . 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.

Suburb
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is the name of an intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Dongcheng District, . , at the intersection of what is now Avenues North, South and West and Inner Street, dates to the Yuan dynasty.

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District is in . While district does not have that many tourist sites, most visitors to Beijing will find themselves in at some point: especially for visiting the art districts, shopping, restaurants, and nightlife.

Dengshikou

Latitude
39.91541° or 39° 54′ 56″ north
Longitude
116.41184° or 116° 24′ 43″ east
Open location code
8PFRWC86+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5305505989
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q5256961
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Korean—“Dengshikou” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “灯市口”
  • Chinese: “灯市口站”
  • Chinese: “燈市口站”
  • French: “Dengshi Kou”
  • Japanese: “灯市口駅”
  • Korean: “덩스커우역”
  • Korean: “덩시커우 역”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 菊隐剧场 and 东华门便民综合体.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dengshikou”. Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.