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Xiguan Subdistrict, Baoding

Subdistrict of Lianchi District in Baoding City, Hebei, People's Republic of China

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ8044411 ↗
Source-derived summary

Xiguan Subdistrict (Chinese: 西关街道) is a township-level division of Beishi District, Baoding, Hebei, China.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Xiguan Subdistrict, Baoding” as subdistrict of Lianchi District in Baoding City, Hebei, People's Republic of China. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 14-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Xiguan, Subdistrict and Baoding can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as subdistrict of Lianchi District in Baoding City, Hebei, People's Republic of China. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8044411. Authority coordinates are 38.865, 115.484. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. 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.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

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 “Xiguan Subdistrict, Baoding”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Xiguan Subdistrict, Baoding primary sources, Xiguan Subdistrict, Baoding archive and Xiguan 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 “Xiguan Subdistrict, Baoding”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Xiguan Subdistrict, Baoding” 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.