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,[1] 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.
At the time, the name was variously spelled Hien-ning,[3] Hsien-ning,[4] and Hsien-ning-hsien.
[5] According to the seventh national census, at 00:00 on November 1, 2020: the resident population of the region was 756,840 people.