Machikou

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Machikou Town

| native_name = 马池口镇

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = East gate of Peking University New Changping Campus (20220402155945).jpg

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = China

| subdivision_type1 = Municipality

| subdivision_name1 = Beijing

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Changping

| area_total_km2 = 61.8

| population_total = 87506

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

| coordinates = {{coord|40|10|59|N|116|09|38|E|region:CN-11|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| utc_offset = +8

| pushpin_map = Beijing#China

| image_caption = East Gate, New Changping Campus of Peking University, 2022

| postal_code = 102299

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| area_code = 010

| subdivision_type3 = Village-level Divisions

| subdivision_name3 = 1 community
21 villages

| timezone1 = China Standard

| elevation_m = 57

| image_map = Machikou Area, Changping District, Beijing (20221017).png

| map_caption = Location of Machikou Town within Changping District

}}

Machikou Town ({{zh|s=马池口镇|p=Mǎchíkǒu Zhèn}}) is a town inside of Changping District, Beijing, China. Machikou shares border with Chengnan and Chengbei Subdistricts to its north, Nanshao and Shahe Towns to its east, Shangzhuang and Yangfang Towns to its south, and Nankou Town to its west and north. The population for this area was 87,506 as of 2020.{{Cite web |title=北京市昌平区第七次全国人口普查公报 |url=https://bj.bjd.com.cn/5b165687a010550e5ddc0e6a/contentShare/5de8be9be4b0fe93cc167bbc/AP60c44675e4b0b843ec2087d9.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=bj.bjd.com.cn |language=zh-CN}}

This area's name Machikou ({{Zh|s=马池口|l=Horse Pool Mouth}}) is referring to the region's past location as a stopping for trading caravans.

History

class="wikitable"

|+Timetable of Machikou's History{{Cite book |script-title=zh:中华人民共和国政区大典, 北京市卷 |date=2013 |publisher=中国社会出版社 |editor=李立国 |editor2=李万钧 |editor3=吴世民 |isbn=978-7-5087-4058-4 |location=Beijing |oclc=910451741}}

!Year

!Status

!Under

1949–1953

|1st District

| rowspan="8" |Changping County

1953–1956

|Split into 5 townships:

  • Machikou
  • Baifu
  • Baiquanzhuang
  • Shangniantou
  • Hengqiao
1956–1958

|Machikou Township

1958–1959

|Machikou Working Station, within Shisanling People's Commune

1959–1961

|Machikou Production Team, within Chengguan People's Commune

1961–1982

|Machikou People's Commune

1982–1990

|Machikou Township

1990–1999

| rowspan="2" |Machikou Town (Merged with part of Tingzizhuang Township in 1997, Tulou and Ge villages in 1998)

1999–present

|Changping District

Administrative divisions

As of the year 2021, Machikou Town had 22 subdivisions, in which 1 was a community, and 21 were villages:{{Cite web |title=2021年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2021/11/01/14/110114003.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=www.stats.gov.cn}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Administrative Division Code

!Subdisvision Names

!Name Transliterations

!Type

110114003001

|念头

|Niantou

|Community

110114003201

|马池口

|Machikou

|Village

110114003202

|东坨

|Dongtuo

|Village

110114003203

|西坨

|Xituo

|Village

110114003204

|东闸

|Dongzha

|Village

110114003205

|北庄户

|Beizhuanghu

|Village

110114003206

|楼自庄

|Louzizhaung

|Village

110114003207

|土城

|Tucheng

|Village

110114003208

|横桥

|Hengqiao

|Village

110114003209

|白浮

|Baifu

|Village

110114003210

|下念头

|Xia Niantou

|Village

110114003211

|宏道

|Hongdao

|Village

110114003212

|上念头

|Shang Niantou

|Village

110114003213

|百泉庄

|Baiquanzhuang

|Village

110114003214

|奤夿屯

|Habatun

|Village

110114003215

|亭自庄

|Tingzizhuang

|Village

110114003216

|北小营

|Beixiaoying

|Village

110114003217

|乃干屯

|Naigantun

|Village

110114003218

|丈头

|Zhangtou

|Village

110114003219

|辛店

|Xindian

|Village

110114003220

|土楼

|Tulou

|Village

110114003221

|葛村

|Gecun

|Village

Gallery

File:Changping railway station hall 0730.jpg|Changping railway station, 2022

File:Changping Experimental Base Institute of Crop Sciences Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.jpg|Changping Experimental Base Institute of Crop Sciences, 2022

See also

References

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{{Subdivisions of Changping District, Beijing}}

Category:Changping District

Category:Towns in Beijing

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