Neighbourhoods
Southern end of Wangfujing Road (July 2004 image).
Southern end of Wangfujing Road (July 2004 image).
Beijing by night
Beijing by night
Beijing Bookshop at Xidan
Beijing Bookshop at Xidan
Major neighbourhoods in urban Beijing include the following. Neighbourhoods may overlap across multiple districts (see below):
* Andingmen 安定门
* Beiyuan 北苑
* Chaoyangmen 朝阳门
* Dongzhimen 东直门
* Fangzhuang 方庄
* Fuchengmen 阜成门
* Fuxingmen 复兴门
* Guomao 国贸
* Hepingli 和平里
* Wangjing 望京
* Wangfujing 王府井
* Wudaokou 五道口
* Xidan 西单
* Xizhimen 西直门
* Yayuncun 亚运村
* Zhongguancun 中关村
Several place names in Beijing end with mén (门), meaning "gate", as they were the locations of gates in the former Beijing city wall. Other place names end in cūn (村), meaning "village", as they were originally villages outside the city wall.
Towns
Towns within Beijing Municipality but outside the urban area include (but are not limited to):
* Changping 昌平
* Huairou 怀柔
* Miyun 密云
* Liangxiang 良乡
* Liulimiao 琉璃庙
* Tongzhou 通州
* Yizhuang 亦庄
* Xiaotangshan 小汤山
