Pinggu, Beijing Municipality, China

History | Administrative divisions | Economy | Transportation

🇨🇳 Pinggu District (平谷区), formerly Pinggu County (平谷县), lies in the far east of Beijing Municipality. It has an area of 950 square km (370 sq mi). The district is subdivided into 2 subdistricts, 14 towns, and 2 townships. It borders the Beijing districts of Miyun and Shunyi to the north and west, respectively, Tianjin's Jizhou District to the south-east, and in Hebei province, Xinglong County and Sanhe to the north-east and south, respectively.

History Pinggu District was formerly Pinggu County until 2001. In 1986, the 10,000-capacity Pinggu Stadium, which is used mostly for football matches, opened.

Administrative divisions There are 2 subdistricts, 14 towns with 4 towns of which carry the "area" (地区) label, and 2 townships in the district:

Economy Pinggu district prides itself on the cultivation of the peach.

Transportation The planned Pinggu line will connect the District to the Beijing Subway system.

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Pinggu has a population of over 396,701 people. Pinggu also forms part of the wider Beijing metropolitan area which has a population of over 21,640,000 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Pinggu see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Pinggu has links with:

🇰🇷 Dongjak, South Korea 🇪🇸 Lliria, Spain
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