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Beijing

bay-JING (English); Mandarin IPA [pêi.tɕíŋ]
Also Known As Peking (historic English name, used until the mid-20th century)
Eastern Asia

A city on the North China Plain, sited near the plain's northern edge where it narrows toward mountain passes leading to the Mongolian Plateau and Manchuria beyond. That siting placed it at a historic gateway between the agricultural heartland of China proper and the steppe and forest lands to the north, a position that repeatedly made it a strategic seat for controlling movement between the two zones. The plain around it is drained by several smaller rivers rather than one dominant waterway, and the city has depended on constructed canals, most notably the Grand Canal reaching south to the Yangtze basin, to move grain and goods at the scale its population has required.

Facts
Population
21,893,095 1
2020 census figure, municipality.
Area (sq km)
16,410.54 1
Founding Year
1045 BCE 1
1045 BC per the infobox's own Established field, a legendary early founding date; stored as a negative year.
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
44 1
Infobox gives 43.5 m exactly; rounded to the nearest whole metre for this Int-typed key.
Latitude
39.90667 degrees north 1
Longitude
116.3975 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 1
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Connections

Associated With

China, Countries

Beijing is China own capital.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
China, Countries
Source Beijing (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

China, Countries

Beijing is the capital of China.

Source Beijing (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Ai Weiwei

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Cheng Yanqiu

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Mei Lanfang

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Pu Ru

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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Pu Ru (Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet, 1896-1963)Birth and Death Places
Quote, Birth and Death Places
Born: Beijing (Beijing Shi, China) (inhabited place)
Empress Dowager Cixi

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Guangxu Emperor

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Kangxi Emperor

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Source Wikipedia: Kangxi EmperorEarly reigntier 2
Quote, Early reign
Born on 4 May 1654 to the Shunzhi Emperor and Empress Xiaokangzhang in Jingren Palace, the Forbidden City, Beijing
Puyi

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Qianlong Emperor

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Yongzheng Emperor

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Location Of

Second Sino-Japanese War

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Miss Sophia's Diary

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Source Miss Sophia's Diary (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph, sentence naming the settingtier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph, sentence naming the setting
The story confides around a young woman who has tuberculosis and has left her family for Beijing.

Site Of

Xiaomi Auto

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Xiaomi Corporation

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Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited

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Kang Youwei

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Source Kang Youwei (Wikipedia)Article text
Quote, Article text
In 1882, Kang went to Beijing to take the imperial examination.
Ministry of Finance (China)

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National Financial Regulatory Administration

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Confucius Institute

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Peking University

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Source Peking University (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Peking University (PKU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China.
Tsinghua University

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Source Tsinghua University (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Tsinghua University (Chinese: 清华大学; pinyin: Qīnghuá Dàxué; THU) is a public research university in Haidian, Beijing, China.
China National Nuclear Corporation

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Xinhua News Agency

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Source Xinhua News Agency (Wikipedia)Lead, headquarters or country
Quote, Lead, headquarters or country
Its headquarters in Beijing are located close to the central government's headquarters at Zhongnanhai
Beijing High People's Court

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Beijing Intellectual Property Court

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Supreme People's Court of China

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Chinese Olympic Committee

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Chinese Weiqi Association

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Source Wikidata: Chinese Weiqi Association
World Mahjong Organization

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Source World Mahjong Organization (Wikipedia)Lead, headquarters
Quote, Lead, headquarters
Its headquarters is located in Beijing, China.

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Found There

Chinese Medical Association

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Source Research Organization Registry (ROR): Research Organization Registry record for Chinese Medical Associationlocations, geonames_details name
Quote, locations, geonames_details name
"name": "Beijing"
Foxglove

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Hemp

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Pea

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Voodoo Lily

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Sources
1. Beijing (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    pêi.tɕíŋ
  • Infobox
    Area • Municipality 16,410.54 km2 (6,336.14 sq mi)
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2020 census
  • Infobox, Elevation
    43.5 m (143 ft)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    39.90667°N 116.39750°E
  • Infobox: established_date
    1045 BC
  • Lead
    With mountains surrounding the inland city on three sides
  • Capital Of: China, Lead section, capital fact
    Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China.
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2. GeoNames: Beijing - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1816670
    39.9075 116.39723 P PPLC CN 22 11876380 18960744 49 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 49 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.75, 116.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.75, 116.25
39.75 116.25 Dwa
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
Wikidata: Beijing
  • Wikidata Q956, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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