Beijing Planetarium
The Beijing Planetarium is a planetarium in Xicheng District, Beijing, China. The planetarium comprises two main buildings, Building A & B. Building A, which was built in 1957, contains the Celestial Theater, an Eastern Exhibition Hall and a Western Exhibition Hall.Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paleozoological Museum of China and 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 260 metres west of Beijing Planetarium.
Beijing Zoo
Zoo
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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. Beijing Zoo is situated 610 metres north of Beijing Planetarium.
National Library of China
Library
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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 1½ km northwest of Beijing Planetarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhanlanlu and Ganjiakou.
Zhanlanlu
Suburb
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Zhanlanlu Subdistrict, or Zhanlanlu Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the northwest portion of Xicheng District, Beijing, China. In 2020 its population is 114,831. This subdistrict got its name due to the Beijing Exhibition Center within it.
Ganjiakou
Suburb
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Ganjiakou Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Haidian District, Beijing, It borders Zizhuyuan and Beixiaguan Subdistricts in the north, Zhanlanlu and Yuetan Subdistrict in the east, Yangfangdian Subdistrict in the south, and Balizhuang Subdistrict in the west.
Zizhuyuan
Suburb
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Zizhuyuan Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Haidian District, Beijing. It borders Haidian Subdistrict to the north, Beixiaguan Subdistrict to the east, Balizhuang and Ganjiakou Subdistricts to the south, and Shuguang Subdistrict to the west.
Beijing Planetarium
- Type: Planetarium
- Description: planetarium in Beijing, China
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.93568° or 39° 56′ 8″ northLongitude
116.33089° or 116° 19′ 51″ eastOpen location code
8PFRW8PJ+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 78051172OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=planetariumOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4348118
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Beijing Planetarium” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北京天文館”
- Chinese: “北京天文馆”
- Esperanto: “Pekina Planetario”
- Japanese: “北京プラネタリウム”
- Japanese: “北京天文館”
- Russian: “Пекинский планетарий”
- Tamil: “பெய்கிங் கோளரங்கம்”
- Thai: “ท้องฟ้าจำลองปักกิ่ง”
- Ukrainian: “Пекінський планетарій”
- Wu Chinese: “北京天文館”
- Yue Chinese: “北京天文館”
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