Dongcheng District, Beijing

Dongcheng District (; literally "east city precinct") is an urban district in Beijing covering the eastern half of Beijing's urban core. It is 24.7 square kilometres in area and has a population of 535,558 (2000 Census). Dongcheng District covers several important parts of Beijing. Wangfujing and Dongdan, as well as the Beijing Railway Station, the Eastern Chang'an Avenue, and the northeastern stretch of the 2nd Ring Road all belong to its jurisdiction. The district is subdivided into 17 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing. The former Chongwen District was merged into Dongcheng on July 2010.

It is the second largest precinct in the area of the old city (which is inside the 2nd Ring Road) and has the postal code 100010. Before the communist takeover, most wealthy merchants and middle-class resided in this precinct.

The Chaoyangmen area is located in the Dongcheng District.

Some of the well-known areas in the Dongcheng District are:

• Forbidden City
• Yong He Gong Lamasery
• Temple of Confucius
• Imperial College (Guozijian)
• Tian'anmen Square
• Zhongshan Park
• National Museum of China
• Temple of Earth
• Jingshan Park
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Dong Tang)
• Beijing Gulou and Zhonglou (Drum Tower & Bell Tower)
• China Art Gallery (Zhongguo Meishuguan)
• Zhihua Si Temple
• Science & Technology Museum (Kejiguan)
• Donghuamen Night Market
• The Temple of Heaven
• Longtan Park
• Wangfujing

Government

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