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Yuetan Subdistrict

subdistrict in Xicheng District, 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 revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ11091897 ↗
Source-derived summary

Yuetan Subdistrict (Chinese: 月坛街道; pinyin: Yuètán Jiēdào) is a subdistrict on the western side of Xicheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, its total population is 97,771.

The subdistrict was named after the Temple of the Moon within it.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Yuetan Subdistrict” as subdistrict in Xicheng District, Beijing. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Yuetan, Subdistrict and subdistrict 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 in Xicheng District, Beijing. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11091897. Authority coordinates are 39.913, 116.339. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.

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

This entry incorporates text from “Yuetan Subdistrict” 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.