Yuyang Area (simplified Chinese: 渔阳地区; traditional Chinese: 漁陽地區; pinyin: Yúyáng Dìqū), or Pinggu Town, is an area and a town situates in the southwest of Pinggu District, Beijing, China. It borders Wangxinzhuang Town and Xinggu Subdistrict to the north, Xiagezhuang Town to the east, Donggaocun Town to the south, Machangying and Daxingzhuang Towns to the west, and surrounds Binhe Subdistrict on three sides. According to the 2020 census, its population was 62,694.[1]

Yuyang Area 渔阳地区 Pinggu Town (平谷镇)
Area & Town
Beijing Pinggu Middle School at night, 2018
Location of Yuyang Area in Pinggu District
Yuyang Area Show map of Beijing Yuyang Area Show map of China
Coordinates: 40°08′18″N 117°05′38″E
Country	China
Municipality	Beijing
District	Pinggu
Village-level Divisions	8 communities 13 villages
Area
• Total	19.05 km2 (7.36 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	62,694
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	101205
Area code	010

The town was named Pinggu (Chinese: 平谷; lit. 'Flat Valley') because of its location in a plain surrounded by mountains on the north, east and south. When it became an area in 2002, the namd Yuyang (Chinese: 渔阳; lit. 'Fishing Sun') was given in order to distinguish it from the larger district.[2]

History

Administrative divisions

By the end of 2021, Yuyang Area consisted of 21 subdivisions, in which 8 were communities and 13 were villages. They are named in the following list:[3]

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Beijing

References