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Beijing
北京市 Peking | |
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 Clockwise from top: Beijing CBD skyline, Tiananmen, Temple of Heaven, National Center for the Performing Arts, and Beijing National Stadium | |
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.svg) Location of Beijing Municipality within China | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′N 116°23′E / 39.917°N 116.383°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Established | 1045 BC (Zhou Dynasty) |
| Divisions[1] – County-level – Township-level | 16 districts 289 towns and villages |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Party Secretary | Cai Qi |
| • Mayor | Chen Jining |
| • Congress Chairman | Li Wei |
| • Conference Chairman | Ji Lin |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 16,410.5 km2 (6,336.1 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018)[3] | 4,144 km2 (1,600 sq mi) |
| • Rural | 12,266.5 km2 (4,736.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43.5 m (142.7 ft) |
| Population (2018)[4] | |
| • Municipality | 21,542,000 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018)[5] | 21,450,000 |
| • Metro (2017) | 24,000,000 |
| • Ranks in China | Population: 27th; Density: 4th |
| Major ethnic groups | |
| • Han | 95% |
| • Manchu | 2% |
| • Hui | 2% |
| • Mongol | 0.3% |
| • Other | 0.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Area code | 10 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-BJ |
| GDP (nominal)[6] | 2018 |
| - Total | ¥3.03 trillion ($458 billion) (12th) |
| – Per capita | ¥140,748 ($21,261) (1st) |
| – Growth |  6.6% |
| HDI (2017) | 0.888[7] (1st)—very high |
| License plate prefixes | 京A, C, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, Y 京B (taxis) 京G (outside urban area) 京O, D (police and authorities) |
| Abbreviation | BJ / 京 (jīng) |
| City trees | Chinese arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis) |
| Pagoda tree (Sophora japonica) | |
| City flowers | China rose (Rosa chinensis) |
| Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) | |
| Website | Beijing Official Website International – eBeijing.gov.cn (in English) 首都之窗-北京市政务门户网站 (in Chinese) |
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| Postal | Peking[8] Peiping (1368–1403; 1928–1937; 1945–1949) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Northern Capital" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. The city used to be known as Peking. It is in the northern and eastern parts of the country. Having more that 21 million residents, it is one of the most populous capital cities.
The city of Beijing has played a very important role in the development of China. Many people from different cities and countries come to Beijing to look for better chances to find work. Nearly 15 million people live there. Beijing hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 2008, and the Winter Olympic Games in 2022. It is the only city that has hosted both.
Beijing is well known for its ancient history. Since the Jin Dynasty, Beijing has been the capital of several dynasties (especially the later ones), including the Yuan, Ming, and Qing. There are many places of historic interest in Beijing.
- ↑ "Township divisions". the Official Website of tGovernment. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ↑ "Doing Business in China – Survey". Ministry Of Commerce – People's Republic Of China. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ↑ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ "Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics and NBS Survey Office in Beijing". Beijing Bureau of Statistics. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ "2018年北京经济总体平稳 稳中提质" 北京市2018年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 [Statistical Communiqué of Beijing on the 2018 National Economic and Social Development] (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Beijing. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "Subnational Human Development Index" (in Chinese). United Nations Development Programme China. 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ↑ Loaned earlier via French "Pékin".