Fengtai travel guide

Fengtai District/Precinct (丰台区; 豐台區; Fēngtái Qū) is a precinct of the municipality of Beijing. It lies to the southwest of the greater urban area of the city.
It is 306 square kilometres in area, making it the third-largest precinct in the greater urban part of Beijing, and is home to 1.36 million inhabitants. This precinct is newly urbanized in comparison to those precincts in the old city, and until mid-1980's, it was still a mostly rural area: pig pens and goat pens were common, and major parts of the precinct had no electricity. It was only during the recent rapid economic development that the precinct was urbanized. Its postal code is 100071.
Changxindian (population 78 092) and Yungang (population 32 894) street committees of Beijing make up an urban area distinct from Beijing. Examination of the Google Earth image gives an area of 14.5 square kilometers for this area and a population estimate of 130,000.http://harrysworldatlas.blogspot.com/2007/02/china-cn-beijing-metropolitan-province.html
In Qing Dynasty times, Fengtai was where the Imperial Manchu Army had its camps, trained, and held parades on festive occasions. (...) more....

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