Beijing

Beijing is China's capital and its second-largest city after , with a population of around 22 million. With a rich history as the capital of Imperial China for much of its past, Beijing became the political and cultural heart of the People's Republic of China following the Chinese revolutions.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Forbidden City and Xicheng.
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The , located at the centre of Beijing…
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District is a district in central Beijing.
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is the primary airport of the Chinese capital city of Beijing.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Central Dongcheng and Beijing Daxing International Airport.
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Dongcheng District is in Beijing.
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is a major…
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is a northwest urban district of Beijing, bordering and .
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District is in Beijing.
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, formerly District, is an area in Beijing.
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is a part of Dongcheng District in Beijing, .
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District is a district of the city of Beijing.
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District is an urban district of the city of Beijing.
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District is a rural district in western Beijing Municipality.
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District is a rural and urban district in the northwest corner of Beijing Municipality.
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is a district in Beijing.
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District is a district of Beijing, covering the southern suburbs of the city.
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District is a district in the far north of Beijing Municipality.
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District is a district of the city of Beijing.
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are areas in Dongcheng District in Beijing, .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Centre for the Performing Arts and Jingshan Park.
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Theater building
The …
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Park
is an imperial park covering 23 hectares…
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City gate
Qianmen is the colloquial name for , a gate in Beijing's historic .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dongsi and Dongzhimen District.
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Suburb
is the name of an intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Dongcheng District, Beijing.
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Dongzhimen was a gate in the old .
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Suburb
You'anmen Subdistrict is one of the 25 subdistricts of Fengtai District, Beijing, China.

Beijing

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Latitude
39.9032° or 39° 54′ 11″ north
Longitude
116.3914° or 116° 23′ 29″ east
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Open location code
8PFRW93R+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1816670
Wiki­data ID
Q956

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Beijing” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Беиӡин”
  • Achinese: “Beijing”
  • Adyghe: “Пекин”
  • Afrikaans: “Beijing”
  • Albanian: “Pekini”
  • Amharic: “ቤዪጂንግ”
  • Angika: “बीजिंग”
  • Arabic: “بكين”
  • Aragonese: “Pequín”
  • Armenian: “Պեկին”
  • Arpitan: “Pèquin”
  • Assamese: “বেইজিং”
  • Asturian: “Beixín”
  • Asturian: “Pequín”
  • Awadhi: “बेइजिङ्”
  • Aymara: “Pekin‘”
  • Aymara: “Pikin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pekin”
  • Balinese: “Béijing”
  • Bambara: “Beijing”
  • Banjar: “Péycing”
  • Banjar: “Picina, Cina”
  • Bashkir: “Пекин”
  • Basque: “Beijing”
  • Basque: “Pekin”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Beijing”
  • Bavarian: “Peking”
  • Belarusian: “Пекін”
  • Belarusian: “Пэкін”
  • Bengali: “পেকিং”
  • Bengali: “বেইজিং”
  • Betawi: “Pèking”
  • Bhojpuri: “बेइजिंग”
  • Bishnupriya: “বেইজিং”
  • Bislama: “Beijing”
  • Bosnian: “Peking”
  • Breton: “Beijing”
  • Bulgarian: “Пекин”
  • Burmese: “ပေကျင်းမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Pequín”
  • Cebuano: “Beijing”
  • Cebuano: “Pekin”
  • Central Bikol: “Beijing”
  • Central Bikol: “Pekin”
  • Central Kanuri: “Beijing”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەیجینگ”
  • Central Kurdish: “پەکین”
  • Central Kurdish: “پێکەن”
  • Chamorro: “Beijing”
  • Chavacano: “Pekín”
  • Chechen: “Пекин”
  • Cheyenne: “Beijing”
  • Chinese: “Běijīng Shì”
  • Chinese: “Běipíng shì”
  • Chinese: “Běipíng”
  • Chinese: “Jīng”
  • Chinese: “Jīngzhào dìfāng”
  • Chinese: “Píng”
  • Chinese: “Yàn”
  • Chinese: “Yànjīng”
  • Chinese: “京兆地方”
  • Chinese: “京城”
  • Chinese: “北京”
  • Chinese: “北京市”
  • Chinese: “北平”
  • Chinese: “北平市”
  • Chinese: “帝都”
  • Chinese: “平”
  • Chinese: “燕”
  • Chinese: “燕京”
  • Chinese: “順天府”
  • Church Slavic: “Бєи Ꙃинъ”
  • Chuvash: “Пекин”
  • Cornish: “Beijing”
  • Corsican: “Pechinu”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Pekin”
  • Croatian: “Peking”
  • Czech: “Pej-ťing”
  • Czech: “Peking”
  • Dagbani: “Beijing”
  • Danish: “Beijing”
  • Dhivehi: “ބީޖިންގ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Pekin”
  • Dotyali: “बेइजिङ”
  • Dutch: “Bejing”
  • Dutch: “Peking”
  • Eastern Mari: “Пекин”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيچينج”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيكين”
  • Emilian: “Pechîṅ”
  • Erzya: “Пекин ош”
  • Esperanto: “Pekino”
  • Estonian: “Peking”
  • Ewe: “Beijing”
  • Extremaduran: “Pequín”
  • Faroese: “Beijing”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Beijing”
  • Fijian: “Beijigi”
  • Fijian: “Beijing”
  • Finnish: “Peking”
  • French: “Beiping”
  • French: “Pé-king”
  • French: “Pékin”
  • Friulian: “Pechin”
  • Galician: “Pequín”
  • Gan Chinese: “北京”
  • Gan Chinese: “北京市”
  • Georgian: “პეიძინგი”
  • Georgian: “პეკინი”
  • German: “Beijing”
  • German: “Peking”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Beijing”
  • Gilaki: “پکن”
  • Greek: “Πεκίνο”
  • Guarani: “Pekĩ”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Péken”
  • Gujarati: “પેઇચિંગ”
  • Gujarati: “બેઇજિંગ”
  • Gujarati: “બેઈજિંગ”
  • Haitian: “Peken”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet-kîn”
  • Hausa: “Beijing”
  • Hawaiian: “Beijing”
  • Hebrew: “בייג’ין”
  • Hebrew: “בייג’ינג”
  • Hebrew: “פקין”
  • Hindi: “बीजिंग”
  • Hungarian: “Peking”
  • Iban: “Beijing”
  • Icelandic: “Peking”
  • Ido: “Beijing”
  • Iloko: “Beijing”
  • Inari Sami: “Peking”
  • Indonesian: “Beijing”
  • Ingush: “Пекин”
  • Interlingua: “Beijing”
  • Interlingue: “Beijing”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐲᔨᖕ”
  • Inupiaq: “Paiyiŋaq”
  • Irish: “Beijing”
  • Irish: “Béising”
  • Italian: “Pechino”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Biejing”
  • Japanese: “Pekin”
  • Japanese: “ぺきん”
  • Japanese: “中都”
  • Japanese: “北京”
  • Japanese: “北京市”
  • Japanese: “北平”
  • Japanese: “北平市”
  • Japanese: “大都”
  • Japanese: “燕京”
  • Japanese: “順天府”
  • Javanese: “Beijing”
  • Jèrriais: “Péqùin”
  • Kabiyè: “Peekɛɛ”
  • Kabyle: “Pekin”
  • Kalaallisut: “Beijing”
  • Kalmyk: “Бәәҗң балһсн”
  • Kannada: “ಬೀಜಿಂಗ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Pekin”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Пекин”
  • Kashmiri: “بیٖجنٛگ”
  • Kazakh: “Beijıñ”
  • Kazakh: “Pekin”
  • Kazakh: “Бейжің”
  • Kazakh: “Пекин”
  • Kazakh: “Ханбалық”
  • Khmer: “ប៉េកាំង”
  • Kikuyu: “Beijing”
  • Kirghiz: “Бейжин”
  • Kirghiz: “Бейжиң”
  • Kirghiz: “Бээжин”
  • Kirghiz: “Бээжиң”
  • Kirghiz: “Пекин”
  • Komering: “Beijing”
  • Komi: “Пекин”
  • Kongo: “Beijing”
  • Korean: “베이징”
  • Korean: “베이징시”
  • Korean: “베이핑”
  • Korean: “북경”
  • Korean: “북경시”
  • Korean: “북평”
  • Korean: “북평시”
  • Korean: “연경”
  • Kurdish: “Beijing”
  • Kurdish: “Pekîn”
  • Ladin: “Beijing”
  • Ladino: “Peking”
  • Lao: “ປັກກິ່ງ”
  • Latin: “Pechinum”
  • Latin: “Pecinum”
  • Latvian: “Pekina”
  • Lezghian: “Пекин”
  • Ligurian: “Pechin”
  • Limburgan: “Peking”
  • Lingala: “Beijíng”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Beijing”
  • Literary Chinese: “京兆”
  • Literary Chinese: “京兆地方”
  • Literary Chinese: “北京市”
  • Literary Chinese: “北平”
  • Literary Chinese: “北平市”
  • Literary Chinese: “平”
  • Literary Chinese: “燕”
  • Literary Chinese: “燕京”
  • Lithuanian: “Pekinas”
  • Livvi: “Pekin”
  • Lojban: “beidjin”
  • Lombard: “Pechin”
  • Low German: “Peking”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Peking”
  • Luxembourgish: “Peking”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Beijing”
  • Macedonian: “Пекинг”
  • Madurese: “Bèijing”
  • Maithili: “बेइजिङ”
  • Malagasy: “Beijing”
  • Malay: “Beijing”
  • Malayalam: “ബെയ്‌ജിങ്ങ്‌”
  • Maltese: “Beijing”
  • Manchu: “ᠪᡝᡤᡳᠩ”
  • Manchu: “ᡤᡝᠮᡠᠨ ᡥᡝᠴᡝᠨ”
  • Manchu: “ᡤᡳᠩ ᡥᡝᠴᡝᠨ”
  • Manx: “Beijing”
  • Maori: “Peihinga”
  • Maori: “Pīkini”
  • Marathi: “बीजिंग”
  • Mazanderani: “پکن”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Báe̤k-gĭng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-kiaⁿ-chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-kiaⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-kiann”
  • Minangkabau: “Beijing”
  • Mingrelian: “პეკინი”
  • Mirandese: “Pequin”
  • Moksha: “Пэкин”
  • Mongolian: “Бээжин”
  • Mongolian: “ᠪᠡᠭᠡᠵᠢᠩ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “پيكين”
  • Nauru: “Beijing”
  • Neapolitan: “Pechine”
  • Nepali: “बेइजिङ”
  • Newari: “बेइजिङ”
  • Nias: “Beijing”
  • Northern Frisian: “Peking”
  • Northern Luri: “پکن”
  • Northern Sami: “Peking”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijing”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beijing”
  • Norwegian: “Beijing”
  • Novial: “Beyjing”
  • Nyanja: “Beijing”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pequin”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Beȝcinȝ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Pecing”
  • Oriya: “ବେଜିଂ”
  • Oromo: “Beejiingi”
  • Ossetian: “Пекин”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻပေစဉ်း”
  • Pampanga: “Beijing”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੀਜਿੰਗ”
  • Papiamento: “Bejing”
  • Pedi: “Beijing”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Beijing”
  • Persian: “پکن”
  • Picard: “Pékin”
  • Piemontese: “Pechin”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Beijing”
  • Polish: “Pekin”
  • Portuguese: “Categoria:Pequim”
  • Portuguese: “Pequim”
  • Pushto: “بیجنګ”
  • Pushto: “بېجنګ”
  • Pushto: “بېجینګ”
  • Quechua: “Pikin”
  • Quechua: “Pikkin”
  • Romanian: “Beijing”
  • Romanian: “Beiping”
  • Romanian: “BJ”
  • Romanian: “Khanbaliq”
  • Romanian: “Peiping”
  • Romanian: “Pekin”
  • Romanian: “Yanjing”
  • Romanian: “Zhongdu”
  • Russia Buriat: “Бээжин”
  • Russia Buriat: “Бээжэн”
  • Russian: “Бэйпин”
  • Russian: “Бэйцзин”
  • Russian: “Пекин”
  • Rusyn: “Пекінґ”
  • Sakizaya: “Beijing”
  • Samogitian: “Pekėns”
  • Sanskrit: “बीजिङ्ग्”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱮᱡᱤᱝ”
  • Sardinian: “Beijing”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Peking”
  • Scots: “Beijing”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beijing”
  • Serbian: “Пекинг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Peking”
  • Shona: “Beijing”
  • Sicilian: “Pechinu”
  • Silesian: “Bejdżing”
  • Sindhi: “بيجنگ”
  • Sinhala: “බීජිං”
  • Sinhala: “බෙයිජිං”
  • Slovak: “Peking”
  • Slovenian: “Peking”
  • Somali: “Beijing”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پئکن”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پکن”
  • Spanish: “Pekín”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Beijing”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴱⵉⴽⵉⵏ”
  • Sundanese: “Béijing”
  • Swahili: “Beijing”
  • Swedish: “Beijing”
  • Swedish: “Peking”
  • Swiss German: “Peking”
  • Tagalog: “Beijing”
  • Tajik: “Пекин”
  • Talysh: “Pekin”
  • Tamil: “பெய்சிங்”
  • Tamil: “பெய்ஜிங்”
  • Tatar: “Бейҗиң”
  • Tatar: “Пекин”
  • Tatar: “Ханбалык”
  • Telugu: “బీజింగ్”
  • Thai: “กรุงปักกิ่ง”
  • Thai: “ปักกิ่ง”
  • Thai: “เป่ย์จิง”
  • Tibetan: “པེ་ཅིང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།”
  • Tok Pisin: “Beijing”
  • Tok Pisin: “Beising”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Beijing”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Peisingi”
  • Tsonga: “Beyijingi”
  • Tswana: “Beijing”
  • Tumbuka: “Beijing”
  • Turkish: “Hanbalık”
  • Turkish: “Peiping”
  • Turkish: “Pekin”
  • Turkmen: “Pekin”
  • Twi: “Beijing”
  • Udmurt: “Пекин”
  • Uighur: “بىيجڭ”
  • Uighur: “بېيجىڭ شەھىرى”
  • Uighur: “بېيجىڭ”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейджин”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейджін”
  • Ukrainian: “Пекін”
  • Ukrainian: “Пекінґ”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Peking”
  • Urdu: “بیجنگ”
  • Urdu: “پیکنگ”
  • Uzbek: “Pekin”
  • Venetian: “Pechin”
  • Veps: “Pekin”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Bình”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Kinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Kinh Triệu”
  • Vietnamese: “Yên Kinh”
  • Vlaams: “Peking”
  • Vlax Romani: “Pekenk”
  • Volapük: “Beycing”
  • Võro: “Peking”
  • Walloon: “Pekin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Beijing”
  • Welsh: “Beijing”
  • Western Armenian: “Փեքին”
  • Western Frisian: “Bejing”
  • Western Frisian: “Peking”
  • Western Mari: “Пекин”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیجنگ”
  • Wolof: “Beijing”
  • Wu Chinese: “京兆地方”
  • Wu Chinese: “北京”
  • Wu Chinese: “北京市”
  • Wu Chinese: “北平”
  • Wu Chinese: “北平市”
  • Wu Chinese: “平”
  • Wu Chinese: “燕京”
  • Yakut: “Пекин”
  • Yiddish: “בייזשינג”
  • Yoruba: “Beijing”
  • Yue Chinese: “Bak Ging”
  • Yue Chinese: “Bak Ping” (historical)
  • Yue Chinese: “Dai Dou” (historical)
  • Yue Chinese: “Yin Ging” (historical)
  • Yue Chinese: “京兆”
  • Yue Chinese: “京兆地方”
  • Yue Chinese: “北京”
  • Yue Chinese: “北京市”
  • Yue Chinese: “北平”
  • Yue Chinese: “北平市”
  • Yue Chinese: “平”
  • Yue Chinese: “燕”
  • Yue Chinese: “燕京”
  • Yue Chinese: “順天”
  • Yue Chinese: “順天府”
  • Zeeuws: “Peking”
  • Zhuang: “Baekging”
  • Zulu: “Beijing”
  • Zulu: “i-Beijing”
  • “ma tomo Pesin”
  • “京”

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