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| 北京市 Peking | |
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 Location of Beijing Municipality within China | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′N 116°23′E / 39.917°N 116.383°ECoordinates: 39°55′N 116°23′E / 39.917°N 116.383°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Established | 1045 BC (Zhou Dynasty) |
| Divisions – County-level – Township-level | 16 districts 289 towns and villages |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Party Secretary | Cai Qi |
| • Mayor | Chen Jining |
| • Congress Chairman | Li Wei |
| • Conference Chairman | Ji Lin |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 16,410.5 km2 (6,336.1 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,144 km2 (1,600 sq mi) |
| • Rural | 12,266.5 km2 (4,736.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43.5 m (142.7 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 21,542,000 |
| • Density | 1,312.70/km2 (3,399.87/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 21,450,000 |
| • Metro (2017) | 24,000,000 |
| • Ranks in China | Population: 27th; Density: 4th |
| Major ethnic groups | |
| • Han | 95% |
| • Manchu | 2% |
| • Hui | 2% |
| • Mongol | 0.3% |
| • Other | 0.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-BJ |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 |
| - Total | ¥3.03 trillion ($458 billion) (12th) |
| – Per capita | ¥140,748 ($21,261) (1st) |
| – Growth |  6.6% |
| HDI (2017) | 0.888 (1st)—very high |
| License plate prefixes | 京A, C, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, Y 京B (taxis) 京G (outside urban area) 京O, D (police and authorities) |
| Abbreviation | BJ / 京 (jīng) |
| City trees | Chinese arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis) |
| Pagoda tree (Sophora japonica) | |
| City flowers | China rose (Rosa chinensis) |
| Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) | |
| Website | Beijing Official Website International – eBeijing.gov.cn (in English) 首都之窗-北京市政务门户网站 (in Chinese) |
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| "Běijīng" in regular Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 北京 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin |  Běijīng (info • help) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal Map | Peking Peiping (1368–1403; 1928–1937; 1945–1949) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Northern Capital" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. The city used to be known as Peking. It is in the northern and eastern parts of the country. Having more that 21 million residents, it is one of the most populous capital cities.
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