Xiaotangshan, Beijing

Xiaotangshan Town
小汤山镇
Xiaotangshan as seen from Litang Road
Xiaotangshan as seen from Litang Road
Location inside of Changping District
Location inside of Changping District
Xiaotangshan Town is located in Beijing
Xiaotangshan Town
Xiaotangshan Town
Xiaotangshan Town is located in China
Xiaotangshan Town
Xiaotangshan Town
Coordinates: 40°10′33″N 116°23′37″E / 40.17583°N 116.39361°E / 40.17583; 116.39361
CountryChina
MunicipalityBeijing
DistrictChangping
Village-level Divisions6 community
24 villages
Area
 • Total
69.95 km2 (27.01 sq mi)
Elevation
37 m (121 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
80,273
 • Density1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
102211
Area code010

Xiaotangshan Town (simplified Chinese: 小汤山镇; traditional Chinese: 小湯山鎮; pinyin: Xiǎotāngshān Zhèn) is a small town in the Changping District of Beijing, China.[1] It lies immediately outside Beijing's 6th Ring Road, to the north of the city. According to the 2020 census, Xiaotangshan was home to 80,273 inhabitants.[2]

With a total area of 70.1 square kilometers, Xiaotangshan has rich geothermal resources, so much so that the name Xiaotangshan (Chinese: 小汤山; lit. 'Small Hot Spring Mountain') originated from its abundance of geothermal springs.[3] Xiaotangshan Hospital appeared in the news in May 2003 when the government hastily built a 1000-bed field hospital there to deal with an outbreak of SARS.[4][5]

  1. ^ Modern Agricultural Science Demonstration Park at Xiaotangshan Chineseoo.com Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine accessed 2020-02-06.
  2. ^ "北京市昌平区第七次全国人口普查公报". bj.bjd.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  3. ^ 李立国; 李万钧; 吴世民, eds. (2013). 中华人民共和国政区大典, 北京市卷. Beijing: 中国社会出版社. ISBN 978-7-5087-4058-4. OCLC 910451741.
  4. ^ China Times
  5. ^ China rushes to build new hospital for virus care: The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected to be in use by February 3 (2020) 2 February 2020, www.asiatimes.com, accessed 2020-02-06.