Beilin District (simplified Chinese: 碑林区; traditional Chinese: 碑林區; pinyin: Bēilín Qū) is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. It is named after the well-known Xi'an Stele Forest, and Small Wild Goose Pagoda is also located in the district. The smallest, but most densely populated,[2] of Xi'an's county-level divisions, it borders the districts of Xincheng to the northeast, Yanta to the south, and Lianhu to the northwest.
The area around the present district was organized as Xianning County (simplified Chinese: 咸宁县; traditional Chinese: 咸寜縣; pinyin: Xiánníng Xiàn; lit. 'Completely Peaceful County') during the Qing Dynasty. At the time, the name was variously spelled Hien-ning,[3] Hsien-ning,[4] and Hsien-ning-hsien.
As 2020, Beilin District is divided to 8 subdistricts.[5]
According to the seventh national census, at 00:00 on November 1, 2020: the resident population of the region was 756,840 people.[6]
Beilin district is an important center of Xi'an. There are many educational institutions in Beilin.