Shijingshan District is an urban district of the municipality of Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. It lies to the west of the urban core of Beijing, and is part of the Western Hills

Western Hills

The Western Hills refers to the hills and mountains in the western part of Beijing.- Geography :Being an extension of the Taihang mountain range from Hebei Province, the Western Hills cover about 17% of Beijing municipality including most of Mentougou and Fangshan Districts as well as parts of...

 area. The district consists of 9 subdistricts of Beijing's city proper.

Although the hills around Yunju Temple

Yunju Temple

-History:The temple was first built in the early 7th century. In 616, the first Buddhist stone scripture tablet was made at the temple by a monk named Jingwan. Because there were debates going between Buddhists and Daoists, and Jingwan feared reprisals from Daoists, he decided to carve his...

 may also be called Shijingshan, they are pronounced differently in Chinese and hence are unrelated to Shijingshan district.

It is 86 square kilometres in area, making it one of the smaller districts in the greater urban part of Beijing (the immense Mentougou District

Mentougou District

Mentougou District is in west Beijing.Spanning 1,321 square kilometres, with 266,591 inhabitants , it is subdivided into 4 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing and 9 towns ....

 to the west of it dwarfs Shijingshan District), and is home to 489,439 inhabitants (2000 Census). Its postal code is 100043.

Transportation

The western stretch of the 5th Ring Road lies in this area. The Beijing subway

Beijing Subway

The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. It is owned by the city of Beijing and has two operators, the wholly state owned Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., which operates 12 lines, and the Beijing MTR...

 serves this area (Line 1). China National Highway 109

China National Highway 109

China National Highway 109 connects Beijing with Lhasa. It runs westwards of Beijing via Datong, Yinchuan and Xining to Golmud before turning southwest to Lhasa...

 runs through Shijingshan.

Important areas

• Babaoshan Cemetery
• Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
  Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
  The Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery is Beijing's main resting place for revolutionary heroes, high government officials and in recent years, any individual deemed important due to their contributions to society. In Chinese, Babaoshan literally means "The Eight-Treasure Mountains"...
  
  
• Shijingshan Amusement Park
• Shougang
  Shougang
  Shougang is one of the Chinese largest steel company. Based in Beijing municipality, its operations are being moved out of the city prior to the Olympics due to major pollution concerns....
  
   industrial complex
• Institute of High Energy Physics
  Institute of High Energy Physics
  The Institute of High Energy Physics is the biggest and comprehensive fundamental research center in China. The major research fields of IHEP are particle physics, accelerator physics and technologies, radiation technologies and application....
  
  (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences