Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square is a city square in the of , China, named after the Tiananmen located to its north, which separates it from the imperial palace complex.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: public square in Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “plac Tian’anmen”, “Platz des Himmlischen Friedens”, “Platz vom Himmlische Fride”, “Plaza de la Puerta de la Paz Celestial”, “Tchien-an-men”, “Tian’anmen Guangchang”, “Tiān’ānmén Guǎngchǎng”, “Tian’anmen Square”, “Tien-an-men”, “trg Tiananmen”, “चीन का चौक”, “चीनी चौक”, “तियनमेन चौक”, “तियानमेन स्क्वायर”, “तियानानमेन चौक”, and “तियानानमेन स्क्वायर”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Forbidden City and National Centre for the Performing Arts.

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The , located at the centre of …

Theater building
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The … is situated 680 metres west of Tiananmen Square.

City gate
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Qianmen is the colloquial name for , a gate in 's historic . is situated 580 metres south of Tiananmen Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xichang’anjie and Donghuamen.

Suburb
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Xichang'anjie Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the eastern part of Xicheng District, .

Suburb
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict at the center…

Suburb
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict on eastern side of Xicheng District, in , China.

Tiananmen Square

Latitude
39.90444° or 39° 54′ 16″ north
Longitude
116.39139° or 116° 23′ 29″ east
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
Open location code
8PFRW93R+QH
Geo­Names ID
6268737
Wiki­data ID
Q164055
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Tiananmen Square” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Plein van die Hemelse Vrede”
  • Afrikaans: “Tiananmen-plein”
  • Albanian: “Sheshi Tiananmen”
  • Amharic: “ቲያንማን አደባባይ”
  • Arabic: “ساحة تيان آن من”
  • Armenian: “Թիենանմեն հրապարակ”
  • Armenian: “Տյանմենի հրապարակ”
  • Asturian: “Plaza de Tiananmén”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tyananmen meydanı”
  • Basque: “Tiananmen plaza”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Цяньаньмэнь”
  • Bengali: “তিয়েনআনমেন চত্বর”
  • Bulgarian: “Тиенанмън”
  • Burmese: “ထျန်းအန်းမင် ရင်ပြင်”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de Tian’anmen”
  • Catalan: “Plaça Tian’anmen”
  • Chinese: “天安門廣場”
  • Chinese: “天安门”
  • Chinese: “天安门广场”
  • Croatian: “Tiananmenski trg”
  • Czech: “náměstí Nebeského klidu”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Nebeského klidu”
  • Danish: “Den Himmelske Freds Plads”
  • Dutch: “Plein van de Hemelse Vrede”
  • Dutch: “Tiananmenplein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان تيان ان من”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Tian An Men”
  • Estonian: “Tian’anmeni väljak”
  • Finnish: “Taivaallisen rauhan aukio”
  • French: “place Tian’anmen”
  • French: “Place Tian’anmen”
  • Galician: “Praza Tian’anmen”
  • Georgian: “თიენანმენის მოედანი”
  • Georgian: “ტიანანმენის მოედანი”
  • German: “Platz des himmlischen Friedens”
  • German: “Tian’anmen-Platz”
  • German: “Tor des himmlischen Friedens”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Τιενανμέν”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר טיין-אן-מן”
  • Hindi: “तियानमेन चौक”
  • Hungarian: “Mennyei béke tere”
  • Icelandic: “Torg hins himneska friðar”
  • Ido: “Placo Tiananmen”
  • Ido: “Tianmen-placo”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Tiananmen”
  • Italian: “piazza Tienanmen”
  • Italian: “Piazza Tienanmen”
  • Japanese: “天安門広場”
  • Kannada: “ಟಿಯನನ್ಮೆನ್ ಚೌಕ”
  • Kazakh: “Тяньаньмэнь алаңы”
  • Khmer: “ទីលានធានអានមិន”
  • Korean: “톈안먼 광장”
  • Latin: “Forum Pacis Caelestis”
  • Latin: “Quadratum Pacis Caelestis”
  • Latvian: “Tiaņaņmeņa laukums”
  • Latvian: “Tjanmeņas laukums”
  • Lithuanian: “Tiananmenio aikštė”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Naměstno njebjaskego měra”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tiananmen-Plaz”
  • Malay: “Dataran Tiananmen”
  • Malayalam: “ടിയാനൻമെൻ ചത്വരം”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thian-an-mn̂g Kóng-tiûⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thian-an-mn̂g-tiânn”
  • Mongolian: “Тяньаньмэний талбай”
  • Nepali: “तिएनआनमेन चोक”
  • Nepali: “तियानमेन चोक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den himmelske freds plass”
  • Norwegian: “Den himmelske freds plass”
  • Norwegian: “Den himmelske freds port”
  • Panjabi: “ਤੀਆਨਾਨਮੇਨ ਚੌਕ”
  • Persian: “میدان تیان‌آنمن”
  • Polish: “plac Niebiańskiego Spokoju”
  • Polish: “Plac Niebiańskiego Spokoju”
  • Portuguese: “Praça da Paz Celestial”
  • Romanian: “Piața Tiananmen”
  • Russia Buriat: “Тяньаньмэнь талмай”
  • Russian: “Площадь Тяньаньмэнь”
  • Scots: “Tiananmen Square”
  • Serbian: “Трг Тјенанмен”
  • Slovak: “Tchien-an-men kuang-čchang”
  • Slovenian: “Trg nebeškega miru”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Tian’anmen”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Tiananmén”
  • Swedish: “Himmelska fridens torg”
  • Swiss German: “Tiananmen-Platz”
  • Tagalog: “Liwasang Tiananmen”
  • Tagalog: “Tiananmen Square”
  • Tamil: “தியனன்மென் சதுக்கம்”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสเทียนอันเหมิน”
  • Turkish: “Tiananmen Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа Тяньаньмень”
  • Ukrainian: “Тяньаньмень”
  • Urdu: “تیانانمین چوک”
  • Uzbek: “Tyananmen maydoni”
  • Uzbek: “Tyananmen Maydoni”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Thiên An Môn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Plaza Tiananmen”
  • Welsh: “Sgwâr Tian’anmen”
  • Wu Chinese: “天安門廣場”
  • Yue Chinese: “天安門廣場”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Wangfujing and FengSheng.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Tsing Hua Unis Center and Aloft Beijing.

Beijing: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Forbidden City and Xicheng.

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