Wudaokou
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Wudaokou (五道口) is a neighborhood in the Haidian District of North West Beijing. It is close to a large number of universities and research institutes, including Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing University, Tsinghua University and the Beijing Geologic Institute, and as such has a large student population.
Wudaokou's popularity as a student area (particularly with international students) is reflected in its large number of bars and nightclubs (including Bar Loco, Lush and Propaganda), which generally offer cheaper prices than more central areas. Wudaokou is also known for its large foreign population, which consists of both overseas students and Korean immigrants – the Korean population in the surrounding area is reported to surpass 40,000. Consequently, the area has many Korean restaurants and shops.
Wudaokou is around 10 km from the center of Beijing, between the fourth and fifth ring roads, and has good public transport links including a station on Line 13 (the CityRail line) of the Beijing Subway. It became a commercial center in Haidian during the 1950s following the establishment of schools. As recently as 2001 the area consisted mainly of hutong neighborhoods and late 1960s apartment blocks, but major development has all but erased many of these old structures, replacing them with luxury apartments and science parks.
External links
- At the Wu An informational site about the Wudaokou area, in English and ChineseTemplate:China-geo-stub