Beibei District

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Beibei District (Chinese: 北碚區; Pinyin: Běibèi Qū) is a District of Chongqing municipality, People's Republic of China. A satellite town in the north of Chongqing, Beibei got its name because of the huge rock that extends to the middle of Jialing River, and is known for its historical culture in the period of the Republic of China, beautiful sceneries, and clean streets. It covers around 755 square kilometers and has a population of about 0.65 millions (2004).

Useful info:

Zip code (郵政編碼): 400700；

Telephone code（國內長途電話區號）: 023

Location and Geography

Beibei locates at the outer side of Chongqing's metropolitan area. It shares border with Shapingba (south), Bishan (west), Hechuan (north), and Yubei (east), on the west bank of Jialing River.

Towns

*Xie-ma (歇马镇)
*Cheng-jiang (澄江镇)
*Tong-jia-xi (童家溪镇)
*Tian-fu (天府镇)
*Shi-jia-liang (施家梁镇)
*Shui-tu (水土镇)
*Jing-guan (静观镇)
*Liu-yin (柳荫镇)
*Fu-xing (复兴镇)
*San-sheng (三圣镇)
*Jin-dao-xia (金刀峡镇)
*Cai-jia (蔡家组团)

Colleges and universities

*Southwest University (西南大學) (built from a merger of the former Southwest China Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University, which founded in 1906 and 1950 respectively, in 2005)

Note: Institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.

High Schools

*High School Affiliated of Southwest China Normal University(西南師大附中)
*Chongqing Jianshan High School (重慶兼善中學）
*Chongqing Chaoyang High School (重慶朝陽中學)
*Chongqing Jiangbei High School (重慶江北中學)

Transportation

National Road No.212 (國道212線)；Chongqing-Hechuan Highway (渝合高速)

Chongqing-Xiangfan Railway（襄渝鐵路）；Suining-Chongqing Railway（遂渝鐵路）

Industry

Beibei is one of the three national industry bases for measuring instrument.

Tourism

The North Spring（北溫泉）

Jinyun Mountain （缙雲山）

Golden Sword Gorge（金刀峽）

Three Gorges of Jialing River（嘉陵江小三峽）

Tomb of General Zhang Zizhong（抗日名將張自忠將軍墓）

Former residences of Lao She and Liang Shih-Chiu（民國時期老舍舊居、梁實秋“雅舍”舊址）

Old campus of Fudan University during WW2（抗戰時期復旦大學舊址）

External links

* [http://beibei.gov.cn/] Government of Beibei
* [http://www.visitbb.com/] Visit Beibei

References