Machikou Town (Chinese: 马池口镇; pinyin: 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.

This area's name Machikou (Chinese: 马池口; lit. 'Horse Pool Mouth') is referring to the region's past location as a stopping for trading caravans.

History

Timetable of Machikou's History
YearStatusUnder
1949–19531st DistrictChangping County
1953–1956Split into 5 townships: Machikou Baifu Baiquanzhuang Shangniantou Hengqiao
1956–1958Machikou Township
1958–1959Machikou Working Station, within Shisanling People's Commune
1959–1961Machikou Production Team, within Chengguan People's Commune
1961–1982Machikou People's Commune
1982–1990Machikou Township
1990–1999Machikou Town (Merged with part of Tingzizhuang Township in 1997, Tulou and Ge villages in 1998)
1999–presentChangping District

Administrative divisions

As of the year 2021, Machikou Town had 22 subdivisions, in which 1 was a community, and 21 were villages:

Administrative division codeSubdivision namesName transliterationsType
110114003001念头NiantouCommunity
110114003201马池口MachikouVillage
110114003202东坨DongtuoVillage
110114003203西坨XituoVillage
110114003204东闸DongzhaVillage
110114003205北庄户BeizhuanghuVillage
110114003206楼自庄LouzizhaungVillage
110114003207土城TuchengVillage
110114003208横桥HengqiaoVillage
110114003209白浮BaifuVillage
110114003210下念头Xia NiantouVillage
110114003211宏道HongdaoVillage
110114003212上念头Shang NiantouVillage
110114003213百泉庄BaiquanzhuangVillage
110114003214奤夿屯HabatunVillage
110114003215亭自庄TingzizhuangVillage
110114003216北小营BeixiaoyingVillage
110114003217乃干屯NaigantunVillage
110114003218丈头ZhangtouVillage
110114003219辛店XindianVillage
110114003220土楼TulouVillage
110114003221葛村GecunVillage

Gallery

See also

Media related to Machikou at Wikimedia Commons