Miyun County
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Miyun County is situated at northeast Beijing
Beijing
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. It has an area of 2,227 square kilometers and a population of 420,019 (2000 Census). The county is divided into 2 subdistricts of the city of Miyun, 17 towns, and 1 ethnic rural township.

Miyun urban area (104,863 in township) has an area of 15 square kilometers measured from the Google Earth
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image and an estimated population of 120,000.http://harrysworldatlas.blogspot.com/2007/02/china-cn-beijing-metropolitan-province.html

County's facilities include the Nanshan Ski Resort, one of the largest in the country.

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