Beijing Zoo
Beijing Zoo is a zoological park in Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing. Founded in 1906 during the late Qing dynasty, it is the oldest zoo in China and oldest public park in northern China.Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Beijing, China
- Also known as: “Beijing Dongwuyuan” and “Former Qing Dynasty Experimental Farm”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Library of China and Capital Indoor Stadium.
National Library of China
Library
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of China is the national library of China, located in Haidian, Beijing, and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It contains over 41 million items as of December 2020. National Library of China is situated 1 km west of Beijing Zoo.
Capital Indoor Stadium
Stadium
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Capital Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena in 56 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, China that was built in 1968. It hosted matches between national table tennis teams of China and the United States in 1971; these matches were part of the exchange program known as ping pong diplomacy. Capital Indoor Stadium is situated 760 metres west of Beijing Zoo.
Paleozoological Museum of China
Museum
The Paleozoological Museum of China is a museum in Beijing, China. The same building also houses the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Paleozoological Museum of China is situated 580 metres south of Beijing Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haidian and Zhongguancun District.
Haidian
Photo: Honza Soukup, CC BY 2.0.
Haidian is a northwest urban district of Beijing, bordering Xicheng and Fengtai. It is 431 km2 in area, making it the second-largest district in urban Beijing area, and is home to 3,133,469 inhabitants as of November 2020.
Zhongguancun District
Neighborhood
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zhongguancun is a major technology hub in the Haidian District, Beijing, China. Zhongguancun occupies a band between the northwestern Third Ring Road and the northwestern Fourth Ring Road in the northwestern part of Beijing. Zhongguancun District is situated 4 km north of Beijing Zoo.
Xicheng
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xicheng District is a district in central Beijing. Visitors come here for the Houhai area to join the bar and restaurant cluster by the lake or to explore the remains of the wealthier part of historical Beijing nearby.
Beijing Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.94105° or 39° 56′ 28″ northLongitude
116.32954° or 116° 19′ 46″ eastElevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
8PFRW8RH+CROpenStreetMap ID
way 29222967OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zoo
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Beijing Zoo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حديقة حيوانات بكين”
- Catalan: “Zoo de Beijing”
- Catalan: “Zoo de Pequín”
- Chinese: “北京动物园”
- Chinese: “北京動物園”
- Chinese: “清农事试验场旧址”
- Czech: “Pekingská zoologická zahrada”
- Dutch: “Dierentuin van Peking”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات بكين”
- Esperanto: “Zoologia ĝardeno de Pekino”
- Finnish: “Pekingin eläintarha”
- French: “zoo de Pékin”
- French: “Zoo de Pékin”
- German: “Zoo Peking”
- Hebrew: “גן החיות של בייג’ינג”
- Indonesian: “Kebun Binatang Beijing”
- Italian: “zoo di Pechino”
- Italian: “Zoo di Pechino”
- Japanese: “北京動物園”
- Korean: “베이징 동물원”
- Literary Chinese: “北京動物園”
- Malay: “Zoo Beijing”
- Mongolian: “Бээжингийн амьтны хүрээлэн”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijings zoologiske hage”
- Norwegian: “Beijings zoologiske hage”
- Polish: “Ogród Zoologiczny w Pekinie”
- Russian: “Пекинский зоопарк”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Pekin”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Pekín”
- Swedish: “Pekings zoologiska trädgård”
- Thai: “สวนสัตว์ปักกิ่ง”
- Turkish: “Pekin Hayvanat Bahçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Пекінський зоопарк”
- Urdu: “بیجنگ چڑیا گھر”
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