Beilin District, Xi'an

Beilin District (simplified Chinese: 碑林区; traditional Chinese: 碑林區; pinyin: Bēilín Qū) is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. It is named after the well-known Xi'an Stele Forest, and Small Wild Goose Pagoda is also located in the district. The smallest, but most densely populated,[2] of Xi'an's county-level divisions, it borders the districts of Xincheng to the northeast, Yanta to the south, and Lianhu to the northwest.

Beilin 碑林区
District
Coordinates: 34°14′55″N 108°57′28″E[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shaanxi
Sub-provincial city	Xi'an
Area
• Total	23.37 km^2 (9.02 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	614,710
• Density	26,298.54/km^2 (68,112.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	710001
Xi'an district map	Subdivisions of Xi'an, Shaanxi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Districts 1 Xincheng 2 Beilin 3 Lianhu 4 Baqiao 5 Weiyang 6 Yanta 7 Yanliang 8 Lintong 9 Chang'an 13 Gaoling Counties 10 Lantian 11 Zhouzhi 12 Huyi

History

The area around the present district was organized as Xianning County (simplified Chinese: 咸宁县; traditional Chinese: 咸寜縣; pinyin: Xiánníng Xiàn; lit.: 'Completely Peaceful County') during the Qing Dynasty. At the time, the name was variously spelled Hien-ning,[3] Hsien-ning,[4] and Hsien-ning-hsien.

References

1. Google (2014-07-02). "Beilin" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
2. 西安市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (in Chinese). Xi'an Evening News (西安晚报). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
3. "Se-gan Foo" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXI.
4. The Nestorian Monument in China, p. 6.

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