Beijing
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Beijing is the caipital o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. The ceety is kent as Peking an aw. It's locatit in the nor'east o the kintra.
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Beijing 北京 | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality o Beijing • 北京市 | |
Clockwise frae top: Tiananmen, Temple o Heaven, National Grand Theatre, an Beijing National Stadium | |
Location o Beijing Municipality athin Cheenae | |
Coordinates: 39°54′50″N 116°23′30″E | |
Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
Diveesions[1] - Coonty-level - Tounship-level | 16 destricts, 2 counties 289 touns an veelages |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Municipality |
• CPC Ctte Secretary | Cai Qi, Yin Li |
• Mayor | Yin Yong |
Area | |
• Municipality | 16801.25 km2 (6,487.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 43.5 m (142.7 ft) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Municipality | 21,542,000 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
• Urban (2018)[3] | 21,450,000 |
• Metro (2017)[4] | 24,000,000 |
• Ranks in Cheenae | Population: 26t; Density: 4t |
Demonym(s) | Beijinger |
Major ethnic groups | |
• Han | 96% |
• Manchu | 2% |
• Hui | 2% |
• Mongol | 0.3% |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart time) |
Postal code | 100000 – 102629 |
Area code(s) | 10 |
GDP[5] | 2011 |
- Total | CNY 1.6 trillion US$ 247.7 billion (13t) |
- Per caipita | CNY 80,394 US$ 12,447 (3rd) |
- Growt | 8.1% |
HDI (2008) | 0.891 (2nt) – vera heich |
License plate prefixes | 京A, C, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P 京B (taxis) 京G, Y (ootside urban area) 京O (poliw an authorities) 京V (in red color) (militar heidquairters, central govrenment) |
Ceety trees | Cheenese arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis) |
Pagoda tree (Sophora japonica) | |
Ceety flouers | Cheenae rose (Rosa chinensis) |
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) | |
Website | www.ebeijing.gov.cn |
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Cheenese | 北京 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Běijīng [Listen] (help·info) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Peking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | Northren capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The ceity o Beijing haes played a gey important pairt in the oncome o Cheenae. Mony fowk fae ither ceeties an kintras haes flittit tae Beijing tae leuk for wark. Near-haund 15 meellion fowk bides thare. In 2008 Beijing hostit the Olympic Gemmes.
Beijing haes a kenspeckle history. Syne the Jin deenasty, Beijing's been the caipital for mony deenasties, sic as the Yuan, Ming, Qing, an ithers forby. Thare's mony places o historic interest in Beijing. Thir places includes the Simmer Pailace, the Temple o Heiven, an the Great Waw o Cheenae.