capital city of China
  • Peking
  • Beiping
  • Peiping
  • Yanjing
  • Zhongdu
  • Khanbaliq
  • BJ
  • Pekin
  • Shuntian
  • Shuntianfu
  • Shuntian Fu
  • Pe-king
  • Pei-p'ing
  • Pei-ping
  • Peip'ing
  • Pei-ching
  • Yan-ching
  • Yanking
  • Chung-tu
  • Chungtu
  • Khanbalik
  • Shun-t'ien
  • Shun-tien
  • Běijīng
  • Beeijing
  • Běijing
  • Poh-cin
  • Bākgīng
  • Pak-kiann
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    English
    Beijing
    capital city of China
    • Peking
    • Beiping
    • Peiping
    • Yanjing
    • Zhongdu
    • Khanbaliq
    • BJ
    • Pekin
    • Shuntian
    • Shuntianfu
    • Shuntian Fu
    • Pe-king
    • Pei-p'ing
    • Pei-ping
    • Peip'ing
    • Pei-ching
    • Yan-ching
    • Yanking
    • Chung-tu
    • Chungtu
    • Khanbalik
    • Shun-t'ien
    • Shun-tien
    • Běijīng
    • Beeijing
    • Běijing
    • Poh-cin
    • Bākgīng
    • Pak-kiann

    Statements

    instance of
    national central city
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    global city
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    megacity
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    big city
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    national capital
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    logo image
    Beijing name.svg
    800 × 444; 740 bytes
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    image
    Large Beijing Landsat.jpg
    800 × 800; 215 KB
    media legend
    someja satełitar LANDSAT (Venetian)
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    video
    Google Earth Timelapse- Beijing, China.webm
    12 s, 3,840 × 2,160; 28.59 MB
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    official name
    北京市 (Chinese (China))
    start time
    1 October 1949
    Hanyu Pinyin transliteration
    Běijīng Shì
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    imported from Wikimedia project
    Chinese Wikipedia
    北平市 (Chinese)
    start time
    3 September 1945
    end time
    30 September 1949
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    北京市 (Chinese)
    start time
    29 July 1937
    end time
    2 September 1945
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    北平市 (Chinese)
    start time
    8 June 1928Gregorian
    end time
    28 July 1937
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    北京市 (Chinese)
    start time
    1421
    end time
    7 June 1928Gregorian
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    native label
    北京市 (Chinese (China))
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    named after
    capital city
    applies to name of object
    京 (Chinese)
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    north
    applies to name of object
    北 (Chinese)
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    official language
    Chinese
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    continent
    Asia
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    country
    Republic of China
    start time
    3 September 1945
    end time
    1 October 1949
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    Wang Jingwei regime
    start time
    30 March 1940
    end time
    2 September 1945
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    Provisional Government of the Republic of China
    start time
    14 December 1937
    end time
    29 March 1940
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    Republic of China
    start time
    28 June 1928Gregorian
    end time
    13 December 1937
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    Beiyang Government
    start time
    1912
    end time
    27 June 1928Gregorian
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    Qing dynasty
    start time
    1644
    end time
    1911
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    Ming dynasty
    start time
    1368
    end time
    1644
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    capital
    Tongzhou District
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    enclave within
    Hebei
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    coordinate location

    Map

    39°54'14.51"N, 116°24'27.11"E
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    BDRC Resource ID
    G1949
    party chief representative
    Cai Qi
    end time
    13 November 2022
    start time
    27 May 2017
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    Yin Li
    start time
    13 November 2022
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    head of government
    Yin Yong
    start time
    28 October 2022
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    twinned administrative body
    Berlin
    start time
    5 April 1994
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Cairo
    start time
    28 October 1990
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Dublin
    start time
    2 June 2011
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Milan
    0 references
    New York City
    start time
    25 February 1980
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Belgrade
    start time
    14 October 1980
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Lima
    start time
    21 November 1983
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Ankara
    start time
    20 June 1990
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Islamabad
    start time
    8 October 1992
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Jakarta
    start time
    4 August 1992
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Seoul
    start time
    23 October 1993
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Kyiv
    start time
    13 December 1993
    3 references
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    reference URL
    https://old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdf
    language of work or name
    Ukrainian
    title
    Перелік Міст, З Якими Києвом Підписані Документи Про Поріднення, Дружбу, Співробітництво, Партнерство (Ukrainian)
    retrieved
    13 May 2020
    reference URL
    https://kyivcity.gov.ua/kyiv_ta_miska_vlada/pro_kyiv/mista-pobratimi_z_yakimi_kiyevom_pidpisani_dokumenti_pro_poridnennya_druzhbu_spivrobitnitstvo_partnerstvo/
    Hanoi
    start time
    6 October 1994
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Moscow
    start time
    16 May 1995
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Ottawa
    start time
    18 October 1999
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Minsk
    start time
    26 April 2016
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Athens
    start time
    10 May 2005
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    London
    start time
    11 April 2006
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Cologne
    start time
    14 September 1987
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Manila
    start time
    14 November 2005
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Mexico City
    start time
    19 October 2009
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Astana
    start time
    16 November 2006
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Santiago
    start time
    6 August 2007
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Algiers
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    Tehran
    start time
    27 February 2014
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Amman
    start time
    1990
    0 references
    Amsterdam
    start time
    20 October 1994
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Tel Aviv
    start time
    21 November 2006
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Johannesburg
    0 references
    Santo Domingo
    0 references
    Salo
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    Tokyo
    start time
    14 March 1979
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Vientiane
    start time
    24 April 2015
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Delhi
    start time
    23 November 2013
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Doha
    start time
    23 June 2008
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Gauteng
    start time
    6 December 1998
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    San José
    start time
    17 October 2009
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Havana
    start time
    24 September 2005
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Lisbon
    start time
    22 October 2007
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Rome
    start time
    28 May 1998
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Paris
    start time
    23 October 1997
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English
    title
    Sister Cities of Beijing (English)
    retrieved
    12 May 2020
    Madrid
    start time
    16 September 1985
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/
    language of work or name
    English