Beichen District ( simplified Chinese : 北辰区 ; traditional Chinese : 北辰區 ; pinyin : Běichén Qū ) is a district of the municipality of Tianjin , People's Republic of China. Before June 1992, the district was named Beijiao District (simplified Chinese: 北郊区 ; traditional Chinese: 北郊區 ; pinyin: Běijiāo Qū ; lit. 'north suburb'), reflecting its position in the northern suburbs of Tianjin. As the city expanded, it gradually became part of the urban core and was renamed to Beichen.
4-584: The district occupies approximately 478.5 km (184.7 sq mi), with a population of 320,000. China National Highway 103 goes through the heart of the district. Beichen District also hosts the North Canal ( 北运河 ), a branch of the Hai River . There are 8 subdistricts and 9 towns in the district: Beichen is currently served by two metro lines operated by Tianjin Metro : Beichen District has
8-589: A humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dwa ). The average annual temperature in Beichen is 12.7 °C (54.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 524.6 mm (20.65 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around −3.8 °C (25.2 °F). This Tianjin location article
12-658: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . China National Highway 103 China National Highway 103 ( G103 ) is the main traffic corridor between Beijing and Tianjin . It goes from Tongzhou Beijing to Tianjin and then to the coastal area of Binhai on the outskirts of Tianjin, and runs to approximately 163 km. This is the shortest China National Highway within those that start from 1. China National Highway 112 runs around Beijing Before 2013, Mainland China observed National Highway 228 as Taiwan Ring, composed of several National Expressway (Republic of China) and Taiwan provincial highways, this designation
16-443: Is not recognized by Republic of China (Taiwan). This observation was eventually dropped in new National Highway plans, replaced by Dandong-Dongxing Highway. A extension plan of the highway system was announced in 2013, including extension of existing highways(101-112, 201-227, 301-330) and new highways (North-South 228-248, East-West 331-361, Connections 501-581). Only small portions of them needs to be constructed from scratch; most of
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