Tiantongyuan



Tiantongyuan (Chinese: 天通苑; pinyin: tiān tōng yuàn) is an apartment complex and neighborhood in northern Beijing's Changping District. As of April 2008 it was reported to have over 400,000 residents, and is one of the largest such complexes in Beijing and the biggest community in the world. The Tiantongyuan Station is located at the northern terminus of the Beijing Subway Line 5.

Tiantongyuan is divided into Tiantongyuan West (天通西苑), Tiantongyuan East (天通东苑), Tiantongyuan North (天通北苑), Central Tiantongyuan (天通中苑), and Old Tiantongyuan (本区 or 老区); each such neighborhood is further subdivided into sections 1, 2, and 3 (except for Central Tiantongyuan, which is divided into North, South, East, and West and east north).

Both subway line 5 and T3 express bus pass the community.