Beijing

Beijing (the capital city of China)

Location

▶ China, east Asia, the Yuan zone, US postal Group 3, the UK 'rest of the world' postal zone,  …

Beijing

Location of

▶ The Beijing Olympics; Forbidden City; Beijing National Stadium; Baidu; Communist Party of China;  …

Lenovo; Air China; Marco Polo Bridge Incident; Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; Beijing National Aquatics Centre; Norinco; Temple of Heaven; China Central Television; Mausoleum of Mao Zedong; Google China; CCTV Headquarters; Peking University; Tsinghua University; Tiananmen; Bank of China; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; Beijing National Indoor Stadium; Mozilla Corporation; Old Summer Palace; China Investment Corporation; Olympic Green; National Centre for the Performing Arts; Golden Resources Mall; Great Hall of the People; CITIC; PetroChina; Sinopec; People's Bank of China; COSCO; 798 Art Zone; Zhongnanhai; Chaoyang District, Beijing; China Construction Bank; Sohu; China Daily; Badaling; Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China; Volkswagen Group China; China Unicom; Wangfujing; China National Petroleum Corporation; Workers Stadium; Civil Aviation Administration of China; Beijing CBD; China Telecom; Beihai Park; Zhongguancun; People's Daily; Laoshan Velodrome; Central TV Tower; China CITIC Bank; Along the River During the Qingming Festival; Haidian District; CNOOC; Sanlitun; Beijing Language and Culture University; Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China; Agricultural Bank of China; Beijing Zoo; Chinese Academy of Sciences; True Jesus Church; Beijing Shooting Range Hall; Hall of Supreme Harmony; Olympic Green Tennis Centre; Palace of Heavenly Purity; Beijing Normal University; Yonghe Temple; Ying Tung Natatorium; The Asian Banker; aigo; China Netcom; Wudaokou; Qianmen; China United Airlines; University of International Business and Economics; China Development Bank; Simatai; Okay Airways; National Museum of China; Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center; Renmin University of China; Beijing Film Academy; Air China Cargo; Morgan Plaza; Olympic Green Convention Centre; Dongcheng District, Beijing; Peking Union Medical College; Niujie Mosque; Beijing Foreign Studies University; Beijing Nanyuan Airport; Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium; People's Insurance Company of China; China World Trade Center; China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation; Yanjing Beer; China Railway Engineering Corporation; Grand China Air; Changping District; Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Olympic Sports Centre; Beijing Ducks; Huiyuan Juice; Central University for Nationalities; Xicheng District; Air Burundi; Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium; Workers Indoor Arena; Beijing Institute of Technology; edifier; Beijing Ancient Observatory; International School of Beijing; Central Conservatory of Music; Shanghai Library; Gate of Divine Might; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Beijing Dance Academy; Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery; Gate of China, Beijing; Beijing Jiaotong University; Li-Ning Company Limited; Perfect World; Foton; SOHO China; China University of Political Science and Law; National Library of China; Central Academy of Drama; Beijing Television Cultural Center fire; Beijing Automobile Works; Tanzhe Temple; China Agricultural University; Imperial City, Beijing; Palace of Earthly Tranquility; Battle of Peking; Fengtai Softball Field; Beijing Hotel; Yongdingmen; Marble Boat; Beihang University Gymnasium; Deshengmen; Beijing University of Technology; Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium; Shougang; University of International Relations; Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Kunming Lake; China Communications Construction; Beijing TV Centre; Hall of Central Harmony; China State Construction Engineering Corp; Chalco; Ten Great Buildings; Battle of Beijing; Capital Normal University; Diaoyutai State Guesthouse; China Postal Airlines; Wangjing; Beijing International Studies University; Beijing Yintai Centre; Hall of Preserving Harmony; China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation; China Foreign Affairs University; Chongwen District; Shijingshan District; Communication University of China; Communication University of China; China Minsheng Bank; Long Corridor; Hall of Union; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine; China University of Geosciences; China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Corporation; Founder Group; Fangshan District; Happy Valley Beijing; China Zhi Gong Party; Qincheng Prison; Communist Youth League of China; Central University of Finance and Economics; Beijing 101 Middle School; Huairou District; Jade Belt Bridge; China Youth Daily; Yanqing County; Shenhua Group; Sinovel; Hua Xia Bank; Xinhua Finance; Jianguomen; Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China; Capital University of Medical Sciences; China Petrochemical Corporation; Gome Electrical Appliances; Mentougou District; Working People's Cultural Palace; Sinotrans

Country

China

Population

22,000,000; 17,550,000; 17,430,000

Website

http://www.beijing.gov.cn

Area

16,801.25 square kilometres

Population density

1,044 per square kilometre

Births

▶ Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Puyi, He Kexin, Faye Wong,  …

Zhao Wei, Emperor of China, Leon Lai, Zhang Zilin, Kangxi Emperor, Xu Jinglei, Qianlong Emperor, Jacky Wu, Wang Zhizhi, Ai Weiwei, Gang Lu, Zhang Yining, Liang Chow, Cui Jian, Tongzhi Emperor, Xianfeng Emperor, Huang Chuncai, Xi Jinping, Li Jiawei, Chen Kaige, Hu Jun, Daoguang Emperor, Hu Jia, Lang Ping, Jiaqing Emperor, Pujie, Hengchen, Hao Lulu, Wanli Emperor, Yuyan, Kawashima Yoshiko, Jin Youzhi, Yuja Wang, Yuen Siu Tien, Liu Li Yang, Terence Koh, Lisa Lu, Wei Jingsheng, John Dobson, Paul Chun, Lao She, Ge You, Wang Dan, Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo, Feng Xiaogang, George Fenneman, Gao Yuanyuan, Bei Dao, King Hu, Shao Jiayi, Claud Cockburn, Zaifeng, Bo Xilai, Jing Ulrich, Rabban Bar Sauma, Yang Mi, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Emma Pooley, Xinran Xue, Wang Dulu, Huang Xu, Yiyun Li, Zhang Chengzhi, Yuan Longping, Ching Ling Foo, Yang Xuefei, Joyce Chen, Nien Cheng, Xueta, Li Yinhe, Xie Jun, Yu So Chow, Yixuan, Bai Guang, Han Dongfang, Anna Chennault, Yang Lan, Gao Leilei, Li Zhisui, Shan Sa, Yang Chen, Gu Cheng, Yinreng, Ma Yanhong, Zhang Lin, Alfred Y. Cho, Song Dandan, Maningning Miclat, Teng Haibin, Shen Tong, Wang Xiaobo, Lu Lu, Yelü Chucai, Buck Freeman, Bai Hong, Ma Ji, Lili Wang, Zhang Jie, Zhou Long, Chan Hon Goh, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, He Yong, Nalan Xingde, Jason Hu, Frank Huang, Yikuang, Gao Hongbo, John Fugh, Ma Sanli, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Nora Lam, Zhan Wang, Liu Sola, Qiying, Richard Bolt, Li Leilei, Chia-Chiao Lin, Xu Yunlong, Jiang Yu, Wang Xi, Cheng Yanqiu, Jia Hongsheng, Yixin, Yang Pu, Wang Tao, Steven Burke, Ian Morrison, Xiao Qian, Pu Ru, Sun Laiyan, Ruocheng Ying, William Hsiao, Ning Ying, Liu Song, Pu Cunxin, Wu Ying-hua, Liang Shih-Chiu, Tatsuya Fuji, James P. Grant, Ivan Desny, Du Wenhui, Chen Yaoye, Zhang Jingna, Zhou Xiaowen, Zong-Yuan Zhao, Liu Fendou, Thomas Oboe Lee, Chen Ran, Zaizhen, Huang Kun, Wan Houliang, Wu Hao, Song Xiaobo, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Chih-Tang Sah, Wang Luobin, Shen Xiangfu, Anna Sun, Sun Daolin, Fu Biao, Empress Alute, Zao Wou Ki, Tao Wei, Hou Yaowen, Lu Bofei, Li Ang, Li Wei, Wong Tsu, Peter Brinsden, Li Wang, Wang Meng, Louisa Horton Hill, Wu Ta-kuei, Wang Yi, Xu Zheng, Wang Xiaolong, Lu Jiang, Gladys Yang, Mu Yong Jie, Zhang Shichang, Li Fenglou, Yu Xiaoyu, Xia Gang, Zhu Wei, Penn-lea lim, Liu Wanting, Zhang Peng, Elke Hipler, Cheng Yu, "Li Shuang", Xiang Jing, Jiao Guobiao, Shi Pei Pu, Zi Yi, Yan Jun

Capital of

China, Qing Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Jin Dynasty

Origin of

▶ Tang Dynasty, Liu Li Yang, The Flowers, Dou Wei, Yaksa,  …

Carsick Cars, Gemini, Peking All-Stars, Lily Shang, Hanggai, Gao Xiaosong, John Li, Maggie Who

Elevation

43.5 metres (143 feet)

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

Leader

Guo Jinlong, Liu Qi

Contents

▶ Baidu; Lenovo Group; Air China; Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; Norinco;  …

China Mobile; China Central Television; Peking University; Bank of China; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; Mozilla Corporation; China Investment Corporation; CITIC; PetroChina; Sinopec; Xiaonei; Omnicom Group; COSCO; China Construction Bank; Sohu; Volkswagen Group China; Xinhua News Agency; China National Petroleum Corporation; Civil Aviation Administration of China; China Telecom; China CITIC Bank; CNOOC; Agricultural Bank of China; The Asian Banker; China Netcom; China United Airlines; China Development Bank; Okay Airways; Travelzoo; Air China Cargo; People's Insurance Company of China; China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation; Yanjing Beer; China Railway Engineering Corporation; Special Ops Paintball; Grand China Air; Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Huiyuan Juice; edifier; NetEase; International School of Beijing; Perfect World; SOHO China; New Oriental; China Communications Construction; Chalco; China Postal Airlines; China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation; China Minsheng Bank; Boonty; China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Corporation; Founder Group; Beijing 101 Middle School; Shenhua Group; China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology; Hua Xia Bank; Xinhua Finance; Axalto; China Petrochemical Corporation; Sinotrans; State Grid Corporation of China; China Oilfield Services; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; China COSCO; China Shenhua Energy Company; China Coal Energy Company; Chinese Chess Association; Bank of Beijing; Huaneng Power International; Beijing Jingshan School; China Railway Construction Corporation; China Minmetals; China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd; Beijing People's Police College; China Guodian Corporation; China National Coal Group Corporation; China National Building Material Company; China Dongxiang; China Huaneng Group; China Power International Development; China Power Investment Corporation; China Datang Corporation; Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited; Next Fifteen Communications; China Yangtze Power; Aviation Industry Corporation of China; Sino-Ocean Land; Datang International Power Generation Company; High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China; 51Give; Central Huijin Investment; China National Materials Group Corporation; Xstream Pictures; Beijing BISS International School; Laurel Films; China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited; VanceInfo; China Metallurgical Group Corporation; The Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University; Beijing No.4 High School; Greenpeace China; Carol Yu; Yinhu Zhang; Feng Liu; Qi Jian; Orsus Xelent Technolgies, Inc.; Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University; China Film Group; China Telecommunications Corporation; China Everbright Group; GD Power Development Company; Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Why Not; SportsGG; Baihe; Qunar; Imoblife; China Medical Technologies

Broadcast Area of

▶ Hit FM, Beijing Yinyue Tai, Beijing Renmin Guangbo Diantai, Beijing Xinwen Guangbo, Beijing Jiaotong Tai,  …

Beijing Shou Du Shenghuo Guangbo, Beijing Ceng Shi Guan Li Guangbo, Beijing Waiyu Guangbo, Beijing Tiyu Guangbo

Established

1996

Closest Airport

▶ Beijing Nanyuan Airport, Xining Caojiabu Airport, Weihai Airport, Baotou Airport, Hailar Dongshan Airport,  …

Dongshan Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport

Deaths

▶ Mao Zedong; Deng Xiaoping; Sun Yat-sen; Puyi; Empress Dowager Cixi;  …

Zhou Enlai; Zhao Ziyang; Jiang Qing; Yuan Shikai; Hu Yaobang; Kangxi Emperor; Qianlong Emperor; Hua Guofeng; Panchen Lama; Guangxu Emperor; Soong Ching-ling; Matteo Ricci; Yongzheng Emperor; Kevin Smith; Tongzhi Emperor; Empress Dowager Longyu; Daoguang Emperor; Shunzhi Emperor; Peng Dehuai; Li Hongzhang; Liu; Tsien Hsue-shen; Zhu De; Chongzhen Emperor; Pujie; Wanli Emperor; Yang Shangkun; Zeng Guofan; Ferdinand Verbiest; Liang Qichao; Empress Dowager Ci'an; Qi Baishi; Lǐ Xiānniàn; Cao Xueqin; Xu Beihong; Ye Jianying; Huang Ju; Yao Wenyuan; Li Yuanhong; Zaifeng; Zhang Chunqiao; Anna Louise Strong; Li Zongren; Israel Epstein; Bo Yibo; Chen Yi; Chen Yun; Wei Zhongxian; Dong Biwu; Mao Dun; Guo Moruo; Deng Yingchao; Wang Hongwen; Edward Youde; Ding Ling; Nie Rongzhen; Cao Yu; Qian Zhongshu; Lin Huiyin; Wu Peifu; Ai Qing; Johann Adam Schall von Bell; Liang Sicheng; Wang Guangmei; Yixuan; Peng Zhen; Feng Guozhang; Liu Bocheng; Rong Yiren; He Long; John of Montecorvino; Michael Fu Tieshan; Yinreng; Chen Boda; Su Yu; Wu Guanzhong; Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme; Youlan; Zhang Juzheng; Xu Xiangqian; Jean Joseph Marie Amiot; Du Yuming; Bogdo Zanabazar; Zhou Zuoren; Wei Wei; Wang Li; Ji Xianlin; Li Han Hsiang; Wei Li-huang; Shao Hua; Chen Geng; Frank Coe; Zhang Zhizhong; Yikuang; Zhuo Lin; Fu Zuoyi; Luo Ronghuan; Giuseppe Castiglione; Ruth Weiss; Wang Xuan; Liu T'ien-hua; Jean Denis Attiret; Wang Kemin; Jia Hongsheng; Yixin; Chungseon of Goryeo; Antoine Thomas; Zhao Dan; Ruocheng Ying; Li Kenong; Li Siguang; Qian Xuesen; Han Xianchu; Adelina Sotnikova; Ulanara, the Step Empress; Long Yu; Qin Jiwei; William Alexander Parsons Martin; Hiro Saga; Bei Shizhang; Empress XiaoKang; Johann Schreck; Qu Bo; Huang Hua; Yuan Muzhi; Lobsang Palden Yeshe; Wu Xueqian; Harry Fisher; Zhang Tianyi; Empress Alute; Hou Yaowen; Yao Yilin; Wu Youxun; Klemens von Ketteler; Huang Kecheng; Alexander von Staël-Holstein; Zhang Honggen; Li Fenglou; Karel Slavíček; Cheng Yuelei; Fuheng; Shi Tiesheng; Hiro Saga; Eva Sandberg; Niuhuru, Empress Mu Cheng; Tunggiya, Empress Shen Cheng; Junast; Luther Emmett Holt; Zhao Lirong; Zhao Pengfei; Li Huanzhi; Li Lili; Wu Zuoren; Fan Hanjie; Lü Fuyuan; Marin Varbanov; Joseph-Anne-Marie de Moyriac de Mailla; Liao Yaoxiang; Huang Wei; Wang Ganchang; Lü Zhengcao; Wang Yaowu; Chen Lin; William Zion

Coordinates

39°54'36"N, 39°53'59"N, 116°23'30"E

End of

▶ China National Highway 101, China National Highway 106, China National Highway 102, China National Highway 105, China National Highway 110,  …

Jingzhang Expressway, China National Highway 104, China National Highway 103, China National Highway 108

Nearest Settlement of

Beijing Nanyuan Airport, Kunming Lake

Borders

Tianjin, Hebei

Residents

▶ Hu Jintao, Faye Wong, Wen Jiabao, Leon Lai, Xu Jinglei,  …

Wang Zhizhi, Ai Weiwei, Hins Cheung, Zhang Yining, Xi Jinping, Chen Kaige, Jin Youzhi, Zhang Jigang, Tung Chee Hwa, Wei Jingsheng, Liu Yongqing, Lao She, Gao Yuanyuan, Shao Jiayi, Claud Cockburn, Yvonne Yung Hung, Jing Ulrich, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Xinran Xue, Zhang Chengzhi, Yang Xuefei, Sun Tiantian, Li Yinhe, Bai Guang, Anna Chennault, Shan Sa, Yang Chen, Michael Fu Tieshan, Pang Qing, Luke Chia-Liu Yuan, Lensey Namioka, Wang Xiaobo, Lu Lu, Frank Huang, Guan Hanqing, Ma Sanli, Xu Yunlong, Ashley Fisher, Wang Xi, Tie Ning, Yang Pu, Liu Song, Zhou Xiaowen, Wang Ming-Dao, Liu Fendou, Song Xiaobo, Xu Ming, Xu Binshu, Sun Daolin, Sun Shengnan, Hou Yaowen, Jiang Heping, Gladys Yang, Jane Stevenson, Liu Wanting, Liu Xia, Pema Tseden, Liu Xia, Lü Zheng, Yang Chao, Xia Lina, Chaoqing Song, Xianying Liu, Chunli Wang, Chengye Zhang, Yingchao Kong, Li Dashuang, Li Lei, Dennis Charter, Roy Sagnik, Wang Lei, Andrew Lih, John Cox, Lu Xuechang

Leader's Title

"Mayor"

Experts

Karel Slavíček

The Area Served By

MTR Corporation, Stanford English

Class

▶ Chinese Municipality, administrative area within a nation above city-level, university city, film location, populated place,  …

town or city, city, area within a nation, settlement, movie screening venue, geographical area

Featured in

▶ The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Hero, The Last Emperor, Baraka, Red Corner,  …

Beijing Bicycle, Restless, Soundless Wind Chime, Restless

Theme of

Foreign Babes in Beijing, The Interior, Flower Net

Former Name

"Peiping", "Peking"

Gns Unique Feature Identifier

"-1898541"

Founded here

▶ Lenovo Group, chemical industry, Tsinghua University, Bank of China, China Investment Corporation,  …

Volkswagen Group China, Thermaltake, Fu Jen Catholic University, China Democracy Party, edifier, Beijing Automobile Works, Central Huijin Investment, China Rehabilitation Research Center, MMLC Group, International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities

Related Websites

http://www.sinohotel.com/english/hotels/beijing/index.html, http://www.beijinghighlights.com, http://info.hktdc.com/mktprof/china/mpbei.htm, http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn, http://www.beijing.gov.cn

Emergency Number

+86.999

Open Calais URI

http://d.opencalais.com/er/geo/city/ralg-geo1/028cb65f-4709-3631-75ef-c7a06c317eb7

Visited by

▶ Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Pervez Musharraf, Pierre Trudeau,  …

Sun Yat-sen, Elena Dementieva, Zheng Jie, Gordon Campbell, Dudi Sela, Marcus Haber

Visitors

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Lobsang Palden Yeshe

GeoNames URL

http://sws.geonames.org/1816670/

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Beijing

Met Office ID

"90"

Things Running Through

▶ Wangfujing, Silk Street, Airport Expressway, Badaling Expressway, Jingshi Expressway,  …

3rd Ring Road, Ring roads of Beijing, Jingjintang Expressway, Jingshen Expressway, 4th Ring Road, China National Highway 101, Jingtong Expressway, 5th Ring Road, Xinjiekou, Jingtai Expressway, Sixth Ring Road, Guozijian Street, South Zhongzhou Road, North Zhongzhou Road

Aliases

"at beijing", "in beijing", "beijing"

Rare Terms

"beijings", "beiping", "beijing's", "beijing municipality"

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000000a424"

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/01914"

Raised

Yiyun Li

Video

▶ Beijing: Hi-jinx - Lonely Planet Travel Video; Sexy Beijing: Matchmaker, Matchmaker; 'Beijing' by Patrick Watson on Q TV; Olympic song "Beijing Welcomes You" (subbed); Welcome to Beijing DVD (High Light);  …

Beijing Culture Shock! Accent Goggles #1; 'Beijing Welcomes You' music track for 2008 Olympics; Sexy Beijing: Lost in Translation; Street Food - Beijing - 14 July 08 - Part 1; Travel Guide - Beijing China