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Beijing, China

北京市

Beijing is a capital city of 18,960,744 people in Beijing, China, founded in 1403.

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Population18,960,744 GeoNames

Local name北京市

RegionBeijing

Elevation43 m 141 ft

Founded1403

Time zoneAsia/Shanghai

Land area16,410.5 km²

Nearest airportNanyuan Air Base (NAY) 14 km

Why visit Beijing

Townapedia lists 159 museums and landmarks, 24 parks and trails, 196 places to eat, 82 places to stay and 71 attractions in and around town.

Highlights include Andingmen Bridge, Beijing Capital Theatre, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and Forbidden City.

About Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 21.8 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city, as well as China's second-largest city by urban area, after Shanghai. It is located in Northern China and is governed as a provincial-level direct-administered municipality with 16 municipal districts. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji cluster.

From the Wikipedia article Beijing (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Travel tips from other travellers: Beijing on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Things to do71

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Andingmen Bridge

Bridge · 4.5 km

Bridge in Beijing, China

Why visit Beijing

Weather in Beijing

About Beijing

Things to do71

Andingmen Bridge

Beijing Capital Theatre

Beijing Film Academy

Beijing Foreign Studies University

Beijing Grand Bridge

Beijing Information Science & Technology University

Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing International Studies University

Beijing Language and Culture University

Beijing Normal University

Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park

Museums and landmarks159

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

Forbidden City

Beijing Police Museum

National Art Museum of China

Tian'anmen Square

Xuanren Temple

Beijing Auto Museum

Capital Museum

China Aerospace Museum

China Agricultural Museum

Parks, trails and playgrounds24

Beijing Chaoyang Park

Beijing Qingnianhu Park

Beijing World Park

Jingshan Park

Lido Si'de Gongyuan

Lotus Pond Park

Olympic Green

Rendinghu Park

Shichahai

Yuyuantan Park

Changpuhe Park

Imperial Garden

Restaurants and cafes196

Mixue Ice Cream & Tea

功德林

Haidilao Hot Pot

Haidilao Hot Pot

Where to stay82

Jinjiang Inn

Renaissance Beijing Wangfujing Hotel

Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing

Churches and places of worship17

Haidian Christian Church

Kuanjie Protestant Church

St. Joseph's Church, Beijing

St. Joseph's Wangfujing Cathedral

St. Michael's Church, Beijing

Altar of Earth and Harvests

Hall of High Heaven

Imperial Ancestral Temple

Pudu Temple

Beijing Christian Chongwenmen Church

静默寺

圣弥额尔天主堂

Shopping45

Beijing Mall

New World Department Store

Baoding Center

Beijing apm

Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore

WF CENTRAL

Decathlon

Xinhua Bookstore (Wangfujing Store)

123书店

Mini So

Wangfujing Bookstore

史家胡同文创馆

Gas and EV charging1

Sinopec

Schools, colleges and libraries26

北京市汇文第一小学

北京市第一六六中学