Pinggu

Pinggu 平谷
Destrict
平谷区
Pinggu Destrict in Beijing
Coordinates: 40°8′32″N 117°6′4″E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Municipality	Beijing
Tounship-level diveesions	2 subdestricts 15 touns 1 tounship
Area
• Total	950 km2 (370 sq mi)
Population  (2000)
• Total	396,701
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart)
Postal code	101200
Area code(s)	0010
Website	bjpg.gov.cn

Pinggu Destrict (simplifeed Cheenese: 平谷区; traditeeonal Cheenese: 平谷區; pinyin: Pínggǔ Qū), umwhile Pinggu Coonty (平谷县), lees at the extreme eastren end o Beijing Municipality, an borders Tianjin's Ji Coonty. It haes a aurie o 950 square kilometre (370 sq mi) an a population o 396,701 (2000 Census). The destrict is subdividit intae 2 subdestricts, 14 touns, an 2 tounships.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Thare are 2 subdistricts, 15 touns, an 2 tounships in the destrict:

Subdestricts:

• Xinggu Subdestrict (兴谷街道), Binhe Subdestrict (滨河街道)

Touns

Auries:

• Yuyang / Pinggu Town (渔阳地区 / 平谷镇), Yukou (峪口地区（镇）), Mafang (马坊地区（镇）), Jinhaihu (金海湖地区（镇）)

Normal: Donggaocun (东高村镇), Shandongzhuang (山东庄镇), Nandulehe (南独乐河镇), Dahuashan (大华山镇), Xiagezhuang (夏各庄镇), Machangying (马昌营镇), Wangxinzhuang (王辛庄镇), Daxingzhuang (大兴庄镇), Liujiadian (刘家店镇), Zhenluoying (镇罗营镇)

Tounships:

• Xiong'erzhai Tounship (熊儿寨乡), Huangsongyu Tounship (黄松峪乡)

Owerview

The urban aurie o Pinggu (90,457 in tounship) haes a estimatit aurie frae the Google Earth image o 11.5 km² (4.4 sq mi) an a estimatit population o 70,000.[1]

As o August 2004, it is the anerly destrict or coonty no linkit bi a expresswey, either existin or unner construction. Housomeivver, plans reveal that a expresswey tae Pinggu an ultimately tae Tianjin (the projectit Jingping Expresswey) mey be comin suin. (Mair on this in Expressweys o Beijing).

Pinggu Destrict wis formerly Pinggu County until 2001.

Its postal code nummer is 101200.

Pinggu destrict prides itsel on the cultivation o the peach.

Sister ceeties

• Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Sooth Korea (1995)

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Pinggu at Wikimedia Commons

• Offeecial wabsteid o Pinggu Destrict Govrenment Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine