| Shijingshan | |
| Postal Code: | 100043 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Image Map1: | Shijingshan.png |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Shijingshan District in Beijing |
| Mapsize1: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Beijing |
| Subdivision Type2: | Township-level divisions |
| Subdivision Name2: | 9 subdistricts |
| Area Code: | 0010 |
| Area Total Km2: | 86 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 616000 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Shijingshan District is an urban district of the city of Beijing. It lies to the west of the urban core of Beijing, and is part of the Western Hills area, bordering the districts of Haidian to the northeast and east, Fengtai to the south, and Mentougou to the west. The district consists of 9 subdistricts of Beijing's city proper.
Although the hills around Yunju Temple may also be called Shijingshan, they have Chinese characters different from those of the district and hence are unrelated to Shijingshan District.
It is in area, making it one of the smaller districts in the greater urban part of Beijing (the immense Mentougou District to the west of it dwarfs Shijingshan District), and is home to 489,439 inhabitants (2000 Census). Its postal code is 100043.
There are 9 subdistricts in the district:[1]
| Name | Chinese (S) | Population (2010)[2] | Area (km2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese: 八宝山街道 | Chinese: Bābǎoshān Jiēdào | 53,606 | 5.24 | ||
| Chinese: 老山街道 | Chinese: Lǎoshān Jiēdào | 42,606 | 6.21 | ||
| Bajiao Subdistrict | Chinese: 八角街道 | Chinese: Bājiǎo Jiēdào | 116,416 | 6.30 | |
| Chinese: 古城街道 | Chinese: Gǔchéng Jiēdào | 59,783 | 15.41 | ||
| Chinese: 苹果园街道 | Chinese: Píngguǒyuán Jiēdào | 101,775 | 13.80 | ||
| Jinding Street Subdistrict | Chinese: 金顶街街道 | Chinese: Jīndǐngjiē Jiēdào | 75,736 | 7.30 | |
| Guangning Subdistrict | Chinese: 广宁街道 | Chinese: Guǎngníng Jiēdào | 17,395 | 6.11 | |
| Chinese: 五里坨街道 | Chinese: Wǔlǐtuó Jiēdào | 30,462 | 26.94 | ||
| Chinese: 鲁谷街道 | Chinese: Lǔgǔ Jiēdào | 95,455 | 5.57 |
The western stretch of the 5th Ring Road lies in this area. The Beijing subway serves this area. China National Highway 109 runs through Shijingshan.
Shijingshan District is currently served by 4 metro lines of the Beijing Subway system:
In 2017, the regional GDP of the district was 53.54 billion yuan,[3] with GDP per capita at 87.5 thousand yuan.
See main article: article and List of schools in Shijingshan District.
The district is the location of hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics BMX and track-cycling events at the location of the Laoshan Velodrome,[4] as well as hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics Big Air snowboarding and freestyle skiing events at the Big Air Shougang.[5]
Shijingshan District has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa). The average annual temperature in Shijingshan is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around .