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Beijing
Capital city of China
Also known as Beiping · Peiping · Yanjing · Zhongdu · Khanbaliq · BJ
- Country
- People's Republic of China(since 1949)
- , Republic of China(1945–1949)
- , Wang Jingwei regime(1940–1945)
- +5 more
- Located in
- People's Republic of China(since 1949)
- , Yuan dynasty
- , Qing dynasty
- +1 more
- Population
- 21.9M(2020)
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- , 21.7M(2017)
- , 21.7M(2015)
- +2 more
- 21.9M(2020)
- Area
- 16,410.54 km²
- Elevation
- 43 m
- Head of government
- Yin Yong(since 2022)
- Postal code
- 100000
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
350 statements · 28% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Berlin(since 1994)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Cairo(since 1990)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Dublin(since 2011)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Tirana(since 2008)
3
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- 2.tirana.gen.al/sister_cities.php
- 3.tirana.al/uploads/2023/6/20230627125928_marreveshje-shoqata.pdf
- Milan
- New York City(since 1980)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Belgrade(since 1980)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Lima(since 1983)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
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- Washington, D.C.(since 1984)
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Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Community of Madrid(since 2005)
2
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- 2.“La Comunidad de Madrid se hermana con Pekín, organizadora de los JJ.OO. de 2008”abc.es/deportes/abci-comunidad-madrid-hermana-pekin-organizadora-2008-200501170300-2059390032_noticia.htmlRetrieved 2020-05-13
- Rio de Janeiro(since 1986)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Ankara(since 1990)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Islamabad(since 1992)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Jakarta(since 1992)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Bangkok(since 1993)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Buenos Aires(since 1993)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Seoul(since 1993)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Kyiv(since 1993)
3
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- 2.“Перелік Міст, З Якими Києвом Підписані Документи Про Поріднення, Дружбу, Співробітництво, Партнерство”old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdfRetrieved 2020-05-13
- 3.kyivcity.gov.ua/kyiv_ta_miska_vlada/pro_kyiv/mista-pobratimi_z_yakimi_kiyevom_pidpisani_dokumenti_pro_poridnennya_druzhbu_spivrobitnitstvo_partnerstvo/
- Brussels(since 1994)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Hanoi(since 1994)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Moscow(since 1995)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Ottawa(since 1999)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Minsk(since 2016)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Athens(since 2005)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Budapest(since 2005)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- London(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- São Paulo(since 1999)
- Cologne(since 1987)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Saint Petersburg(since 2009)
- Manila(since 2005)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Mexico City(since 2009)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Astana(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Copenhagen(since 2012)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Riga(since 2017)
2
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- 2.“Pekina (Ķīnas Tautas Republika)”pasvaldiba.riga.lv/LV/Channels/Riga_today/Riga_pasaule/sadraudzibas_pilsetas/pekina_kina/default.htmRetrieved 2020-05-13
- Santiago(since 2007)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Algiers
- Tehran(since 2014)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Addis Ababa(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Amman(since 1990)
- Amsterdam(since 1994)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Bucharest(since 2005)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Tel Aviv(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Johannesburg
- Santo Domingo
- Salo
- Tokyo(since 1979)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Phnom Penh(since 2018)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Vientiane(since 2015)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Ulaanbaatar(since 2014)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Delhi(since 2013)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Doha(since 2008)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Gauteng(since 1998)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- New South Wales(since 2012)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Australian Capital Territory(since 2000)
2
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- 2.cmtedd.act.gov.au/communication/cir/beijing_china
- San José(since 2009)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Havana(since 2005)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Lisbon(since 2007)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Helsinki(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Rome(since 1998)
3
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- 2.english.beijing.gov.cn/beijinginfo/sistercities/mobile/
- 3.comune.roma.it/web/it/notizia.page?contentId=NWS575191
- Paris(since 1997)
1
Sources- 1.“Sister Cities of Beijing”ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/Retrieved 2020-05-12
- Berlin(since 1994)
- Official name
- 北京市(since 1949) hanyu pinyin transliteration: Běijīng Shì
- 北平市(1945–1949)
- 北京市(1937–1945)
- 北平市(1928–1937)
- 北京市(1421–1928)
- Native label
- 北京市
- Demonym
- pékinois applies to part: masculine singular
- pékinoise applies to part: feminine singular
- Pekinano
- pekinés applies to part: masculine singular
- pekinesa applies to part: feminine singular
- Pékinoise applies to part: feminine singular
- Pékinois applies to part: masculine singular
- Pekinli
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- 北京人
- pechinesi applies to part: masculine plural
- Pekinžan applies to part: masculine singular
- Pekinžanka applies to part: feminine singular
- Geoshape
- Data:China/Beijing.map
- Significant event
- 2022 Winter Olympics(2022)
- 2008 Summer Olympics(2008)
- 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre(June 4, 1989)
- Siege of the International Legations(1900)
- Siege of Zhongdu(1215)
- Legislative body
- Beijing Municipal People's Congress
1
Sources- 1.Stated in National Database of Laws and RegulationsRetrieved 2021-04-17
- Beijing Municipal People's Congress
- Named after
- capital city applies to name of object: 京
- north applies to name of object: 北
- Member of
- Creative Cities Network(since 2012) subject has role: City of Design
- World Tourism Cities Federation
- GDP (nominal)
- ¥3.61T(2020)
On other databases
118 identifiers linking Beijing across the web's reference databases
- AllTrails trail IDchina/beijing
- Alvin IDalvin-place:4963
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID2557
- ArchINFORM location ID104
- Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID300245351
- BabelNet ID00009674n
- Baidu Tieba name北京
- BBC News topic IDcny66rdp26yt
- BBC Things ID427b2db2-b4a5-4ba2-88cd-9791e1df3c7d
- BDRC Resource IDG1949
- BHCL UUID0991f0e5-e8ef-4e45-8348-2911c76311ca
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11957264c
- Biblissima authority IDQ27187
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDpeking
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10257534
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00029256
- China division code by MCA110000
- China division code for Statistics11
- CNA topic IDbeijing
- Comic Vine ID4020-57358
- Curlie IDRegional/Asia/China/Beijing/
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q956
- DeCS ID56231
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--51156
- Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts place IDPL000000000233
- DR topic IDbeijing
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0008194
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Beijing
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDpekin-beijing
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID192971
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)2f5F0n
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)247153
- Facebook location ID110730292284790
- FactGrid item IDQ90107
- Fandom article IDapple:Beijing
- FAST ID1205740
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)CH22
- France 24 topic ID (French)pékin
- Freebase ID/m/01914
- GACS ID28708
- GeoNames ID1816670
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7001758
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Beijing
- GitHub topicbeijing
- GND ID4075971-4
- Golden ID (archived)Beijing-PRE63E
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDpequin-1
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0049995
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBeijing
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDpekin-a6fb14
- Grove Art Online IDT007362
- Gynopedia IDBeijing
- Harper's tagbeijing
- HASCCN.BJ
- Hikr waypoint ID30770
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30260
- IdRef ID027557758
- INaturalist place ID6907
- Interlingual Index IDi82740
- ISNI0000000121597692
- ISO 3166-2 codeCN-11
- J9U entity ID987007547814605171
- Japan Search name ID北京
- Joconde location IDT84-497
- Klexikon article IDPeking
- Krugosvet article (archived)kultura_i_obrazovanie/izobrazitelnoe_iskusstvo/PEKIN.html
- Larousse IDville/wd/137425
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDgeographicAreas/a-cc-pe
- Le Figaro tag IDPékin
- Lex IDBeijing
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79076155
- MeSH descriptor IDD000068476
- MeSH tree codeZ01.252.474.164.225
- Moegirlpedia ID北京
- Münzkabinett IDlocation/3211
- Museum-digital place ID14062
- MusicBrainz area ID96dd7db4-d3ef-4d7f-a1c8-d89c7db89181
- Namuwiki ID베이징시
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001139129
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000976022
- National Library of Latvia ID000084757
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX453031
- NDL Authority ID00646810
- NicoNicoPedia word article ID北京
- NL CR AUT IDge130384
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning7094
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3955524
- OpenHistoricalMap relation ID2789932
- OpenStreetMap relation ID912940
- Quora topic IDBeijing-China-3