Gubeikou Town () is a town of Miyun District in northeastern Beijing, traversed by G101, bordering with Luanping County, Hebei to the north and the Beijing towns of Gaoling () to the west, Xinchengzi () to the east and Taishitun (). The area is one of the important passes of the Great Wall of China, serving as an ancient chokepoint for travelers between Northeast China and Beijing. As of 2020, it had a total population of 7,170 under its administration.
Name
This town's name originated in 1736. During Qianlong Emperor's visit, he named this region by combining two inscripted names, Guguan () and Beikou (), into Gubeikou () that is still being used to this day.
History +Timeline of Gubeikou's HistoryTimeStatusBelong toNorthern SongBeikou PassMiyun County, Tan DepartmentJin dynastyBeikou FortYuan dynastyBeikou Relay StationMing dynastyMiyun HouweiMiyun County, Shuntian PrefectureQing dynastyGubeikou Fort1912 - 1928Gubeikou TownMiyun District, Capital Area1928 - 1934Miyun District, Hebei1934 - 1946Jimi District, Rehe1946 - 1949Chengxingmi United County, Hebei1949 - 1958Miyun County, Hebei1958 - 1961Miyun County, Beijing1961 - 1983Gubeikou People's Commune1983 - 1990Gubeikou Township1990 - 2015Gubeikou Town2015–presentMiyun District, Beijing
Administrative divisions So far in 2021, Gubeikou Town is composed of 13 subdivisions, of which 4 are communities and 9 are villages. They are listed as follows: Administrative Division CodesSubdivision namesName transliterationsType110118112001南关社区NanguansheqvCommunity110118112002北关社区BeiguansheqvCommunity110118112003长城社区ChangchengsheqvCommunity110118112004水镇社区ShuizhensheqvCommunity110118112201古北口村GubeikoucunVillage110118112202河西村HexicunVillage110118112203潮河关村ChaoguancunVillage110118112204杨庄子村YangzhuangzicunVillage110118112205龙洋LongyangcunVillage110118112206北台村BeitaicunVillage110118112207汤河村YanghecunVillage110118112208司马台村SimataicunVillage110118112209东笃里村DongdulicunVillage
Landmark
Simatai
Gallery
See also List of township-level divisions of Beijing
References
External links
Illustrated Atlas of Shanhai, Yongping, Jizhou, Miyun, Gubeikou, Huanghua Zhen and Other Areas