Beijing

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.

Beijing

北京
Municipality
Municipality o Beijing • 北京市
Clockwise frae top: Tiananmen, Temple o Heaven, National Grand Theatre, an Beijing National Stadium
Clockwise frae top: Tiananmen, Temple o Heaven, National Grand Theatre, an Beijing National Stadium
Location o Beijing Municipality athin Cheenae
Location o Beijing Municipality athin Cheenae
Coordinates: 39°54′50″N 116°23′30″E / 39.91389°N 116.39167°E / 39.91389; 116.39167 116°23′30″E / 39.91389°N 116.39167°E / 39.91389; 116.39167
KintraFowkrepublic o Cheenae
Diveesions
 - Coonty-level
 - Tounship-level

16 destricts, 2 counties
289 touns an veelages
Govrenment
 • TeepMunicipality
 • CPC Ctte SecretaryCai Qi, Yin Li
 • MayorYin Yong
Area
 • Municipality16801.25 km2 (6,487.00 sq mi)
Elevation
43.5 m (142.7 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Municipality21,542,000
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2018)
21,450,000
 • Metro
 (2017)
24,000,000
 • Ranks in Cheenae
Population: 26t;
Density: 4t
Demonym(s)Beijinger
Major ethnic groups
 • Han96%
 • Manchu2%
 • Hui2%
 • Mongol0.3%
Time zoneUTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart time)
Postal code
100000 – 102629
Area code(s)10
GDP2011
 - TotalCNY 1.6 trillion
US$ 247.7 billion (13t)
 - Per caipitaCNY 80,394
US$ 12,447 (3rd)
 - GrowtIncrease 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 treesCheenese arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis)
 Pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
Ceety flouersCheenae rose (Rosa chinensis)
 Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
Websitewww.ebeijing.gov.cn
Beijing
Cheenese北京
Hanyu PinyinBěijīng
Aboot this soond[Listen] 
PostalPeking
Leeteral meaninNorthren capital
Beijing
The Forbidden Ceety, hames tae the Emperors o the Ming an Qing Deenasties.

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.

Name

Beijing means "the northren caipital" in the Cheenae leid. It wis ance a coonterpairt tae Nanjing, "the soothren caipital", durin the Ming Deenasty. This deenasty gied Beijing its name.

History

The middle o Beijing wis settelt in the 1st millennium BC. In thae days, the Kinrick o Yan (?) set up thair caipital whaur Beijing is the day. Thay cried it Ji (?). Efter the Kinrick o Yan wis malafoustert, the ceity becam wee-er, awtho it wis still an important place.

Beijing becam mair important again in the 10t century, whan the Jin deenasty set its caipital thare. This ceity wis malafoustert bi Mongol arimies in 1215. Then in 1267, Mongols biggit a new ceity on the north lip o the Jin caipital, an cried it "Great Caipital" (??). That wis the beginnin o modren Beijing. Whan Kublai Khan, the Mongolian monarch, set up the Yuan deenasty, this ceity becam his caipital.

The Yuan, Ming, an Qing deenasties aw uised Beijing as thair caipitals. Whan the Qing deenasty tint pouer an the Republic o Cheenae wis establisht, the new Republic muived its caipital fae Beijing tae Nanjing. Whan the communists claucht pouer an estaiblisht the Fowk's Republic, Beijing becam the caipital o Cheenae ance again.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — sister ceeties

Beijing haes numerous twin touns an sister ceeties aroond the warld, mony o them the caipitals o thair respective kintras:

Pairtner ceeties

Beijing haes twa pairtner ceeties, baith in Europe:

References

Precedit bi
Lin'an (Song Dynasty)
Caipital o Cheenae (as Dadu)
1264–1368
Succeedit bi
Nanjing (Ming Dynasty)
Precedit bi
Nanjing (Ming Dynasty)
Caipital o Cheenae
1420–1928
Succeedit bi
Nanjing (ROC)
Precedit bi
Nanjing (ROC)
Caipital o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
1949–present
Succeedit bi
present caipital

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