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Dawayao station

Beijing Subway station in Fengtai, Beijing

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ9206415 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dawayao (simplified Chinese: 大瓦窑站; traditional Chinese: 大瓦窯站; pinyin: Dàwǎyáo Zhàn) is a station on Line 14 of the Beijing Subway. This station opened on May 5, 2013.

Station layout

The station has an underground island platform.

Exits

There are 3 exits, lettered A, B, and D. Exit A is accessible.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Dawayao station” as beijing Subway station in Fengtai, Beijing. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dawayao, station and Beijing.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2013. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dawayao, station and Beijing providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Dawayao station”, the useful work is to connect “beijing Subway station in Fengtai, Beijing” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9206415. Authority coordinates are 39.858, 116.234. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Dawayao station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dawayao station primary sources, Dawayao station archive and Dawayao research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Dawayao station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Dawayao station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.