Huairou Area (simplified Chinese: 怀柔地区; traditional Chinese: 懷柔地區; pinyin: Huáiróu Dìqū), or Huairou Town, is an area and a town situated in the southern portion of Huairou District, Beijing, China. It borders Yanqi Town in the north, Beifang Town in the east, Yangsong and Miaocheng Towns in the south, Qiaozi and Bohai Towns in the west, and contains Quanhe and Longshan Subdistricts within. In 2020, its population was 41,990.^[1]

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Huairou Area 怀柔地区 Huairou Town (怀柔镇)
Area & Town
Commemorative Park of the Fourth World Conference on Women, 2020
Location of Huairou Area in Huairou District
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Coordinates: 40°18′12″N 116°37′58″E
Country	China
Municipality	Beijing
District	Huairou
Village-level Divisions	2 communities 18 villages
Area
• Total	59.73 km2 (23.06 sq mi)
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	41,990
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	101422
Area code	010

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Its name Huairou came from Classic of Poetry, with the original meaning of "Solicit Comfort". It was first used as a name for this region during the Tang dynasty.^[2]

In 2021, Huairou Area had direct jurisdiction over of 20 subdivisions, in which 2 were communities and 18 were villages:^[3]

• Hongluo Temple

• Hongluo Temple, 2009
• Entrance to Huairou Reservoir, 2018

• List of township-level divisions of Beijing