Tiantongyuan

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Tiantongyuan West, section 3
Tiantongyuan with elevated Subway Line 5 visible to the left
BHG Mall at Tiantongyuan

Tiantongyuan (Chinese: 天通苑; pinyin: tiān tōng yuàn) is an apartment complex and neighborhood in northern Beijing's Changping District. As of April 2008 it was reported to have over 400,000 residents,[1] and is one of the largest such complexes in Beijing and the biggest community in the world.[2] The Tiantongyuan Station is located at the northern terminus of the Beijing Subway Line 5.[3]

Tiantongyuan is divided into Tiantongyuan West (天通西苑), Tiantongyuan East (天通东苑), Tiantongyuan North (天通北苑), Central Tiantongyuan (天通中苑), and Old Tiantongyuan (本区 or 老区); each such neighborhood is further subdivided into sections 1, 2, and 3 (except for Central Tiantongyuan, which is divided into North, South, East, and West and east north).

Both subway line 5 and T3 express bus pass the community.

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Dr. Freud". The New Yorker. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
  2. ↑ Hu, Yuanyuan (2008-09-01). "New homes, new hopes". China Daily. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  3. ↑ "A Look Back: A Full Month of Subway Line 5". City Weekend. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 

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