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Beijing
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Beijing

Capital city of China

Also known as Beiping · Peiping · Yanjing · Zhongdu · Khanbaliq · BJ

Country
Located in
Area
  • 16,410.54 km²
Elevation
  • 43 m
Head of government
Postal code
  • 100000

Overview

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

351 statements · 28% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Twinned administrative body
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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
Replaces
Demonym
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Geoshape
  • Data:China/Beijing.map
Significant event
Named after
  • Q5119 applies to name of object: 京
  • Q659 applies to name of object: 北
Different from
  • Q371586
  • Q1119911 applies to name of object: pecan · applies to name of subject: Peking
Hashtag

On other databases

119 identifiers linking Beijing across the web's reference databases