List of administrative divisions of Beijing

Municipality of Beijing
Municipality
Seat: Dongcheng District & Tongzhou District
County level divisions
Districts	16
Township level divisions
Towns / areas*	39
Townships / areas*	146
Subdistricts	137

Beijing is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of People's Republic of China, and is divided into 16 districts.

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Administrative divisions

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists only county-level divisions of Beijing.

	County Level
	Name	Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Division code	Area (km²)	Population (2010 census)	Density (/km²)
	Dongcheng District (City seat)	东城区	Dōngchéng Qū	110101	40.6	919,000	22,635
	Xicheng District	西城区	Xīchéng Qū	110102	46.5	1,243,000	26,731
	Chaoyang District	朝阳区	Cháoyáng Qū	110105	470.8	3,545,000	7,530
	Fengtai District	丰台区	Fēngtái Qū	110106	304.2	2,112,000	6,943
	Shijingshan District	石景山区	Shíjǐngshān Qū	110107	89.8	616,000	6,860
	Haidian District	海淀区	Hǎidiàn Qū	110108	426.0	3,281,000	7,702
	Mentougou District	门头沟区	Méntóugōu Qū	110109	1,331.3	290,000	218
	Fangshan District	房山区	Fángshān Qū	110111	1,866.7	945,000	506
	Tongzhou District (City seat)	通州区	Tōngzhōu Qū	110112	870.0	1,184,000	1,361
	Shunyi District	顺义区	Shùnyì Qū	110113	980.0	877,000	895
	Changping District	昌平区	Chāngpíng Qū	110114	1,430.0	1,661,000	1,162
	Daxing District	大兴区	Dàxīng Qū	110115	1,012.0	1,365,000	1,349
	Huairou District	怀柔区	Huáiróu Qū	110116	2,557.3	373,000	146
	Pinggu District	平谷区	Pínggǔ Qū	110117	1,075.0	416,000	387
	Miyun District	密云区	Mìyún Qū	110118	2,335.6	468,000	200
	Yanqing District	延庆区	Yánqìng Qū	110119	1,980.0	317,000	160

Recent changes in administrative divisions

Date	Before	After	Note	Reference
1974-08-01	parts of Fangshan County	Petrochemical District Office	established
1980-10-20	parts of Fangshan County	Yanshan District	established
	parts of Petrochemical District Office		merged into
1986-11-11	Fangshan County	Fangshan District	upgraded
	Yanshan District		merged into
1997-04-29	Tong County	Tongzhou District	upgraded	Guohan[1997]30
1998-03-03	Shunyi County	Shunyi District	upgraded	Guohan[1998]17
1999-09-16	Changping County	Changping District	upgraded	Guohan[1999]112
2001-01-09	Daxing County	Daxing District	upgraded	Guohan[2001]4
2001-12-30	Huairou County	Huairou District	upgraded	Guohan[2001]175
	Pinggu County	Pinggu District	upgraded	Guohan[2001]176
2010-06-28	Xuanwu District	Xicheng District	merged into	Guohan[2010]55
	Chongwen District	Dongcheng District	merged into
2015-10-13	Miyun County	Miyun District	upgraded	Guohan[2015]182
	Yanqing County	Yanqing District	upgraded

Historical divisions

ROC (1911-1949)

County / City	Present division
Beiping City 北平市	Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang, Haidian
Tong County, Hebei 通縣	Tongzhou
Daxing County, Hebei 大興縣	Daxing
Wanping County, Hebei 宛平縣	Mentougou, Fengtai, Shijingshan
Liangxiang County, Hebei 良鄉縣	Fangshan
Huairou County, Hebei 懷柔縣	Huairou
Shunyi County, Hebei 順義縣	Shunyi
Changping County, Hebei 昌平縣	Changping
Pinggu County, Hebei 平谷縣	Pinggu
Miyun County, Hebei 密雲縣	Miyun
Yanqing County, Qahar 延慶縣	Yanqing