Xidan

Xidan Station is a station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Beijing Subway located in the Xidan commercial district. The station on average has 60,000 entrances and exits per day.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Beijing Subway station in Xicheng, Beijing
  • Also known as: “Xidan station”
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Centre for the Performing Arts and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Xianwumen.

Theater building
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The , colloquially described as The Boiled Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in Xicheng, , . is situated 1¼ km east of Xidan.

Church
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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, colloquially known as the Xuanwumen church or Nantang to the locals, is a historic Catholic church located in the , , Xicheng District, near the . is situated 700 metres south of Xidan.

Theater building
Photo: Jason Quinn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located on the Beixinhuajie in Xicheng District, near the west Chang'an Avenue, on the south of Liubukou. is situated 700 metres east of Xidan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xichang’anjie and Xicheng.

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…

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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.

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

Xidan

Latitude
39.90574° or 39° 54′ 21″ north
Longitude
116.3682° or 116° 22′ 6″ east
Operator
北京市地铁运营;北京京港地铁
Open location code
8PFRW949+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5430540736
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q842064
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Xidan” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “西单站”
  • Chinese: “西單站”
  • French: “Xidan”
  • Italian: “Xidan (metropolitana di Pechino)”
  • Italian: “Xidan”
  • Japanese: “西単駅”
  • Korean: “시단역”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de Xidan”
  • Wu Chinese: “西单站”

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