Beijing

Summary

Beijing is a city^[1]. Beijing ranks in the top 0.13% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,355 views/month, #7 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Beijing is located in People's Republic of China^[3].
• Beijing is located in Yuan dynasty^[4].
• Beijing is located in Qing dynasty^[5].
• Beijing is located in Ming dynasty^[6].
• Beijing is in the country of People's Republic of China^[7].
• Beijing's head of government is recorded as Yin Yong^[8].
• Beijing's video is recorded as Google Earth Timelapse- Beijing, China.webm^[9].
• Beijing's image is recorded as Skyline of Beijing CBD with B-5906 approaching (20211016171955).jpg^[10].
• Beijing's image is recorded as Large Beijing Landsat.jpg^[11].
• Beijing's continent is recorded as Asia^[12].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as city^[13].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as direct-administered municipality^[14].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as national capital^[15].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as national central city^[16].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as global city^[17].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as megacity^[18].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as metropolis^[19].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as big city^[20].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as former national capital^[21].
• Beijing's capital is recorded as Tongzhou District^[22].
• Beijing's official language is recorded as Chinese^[23].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Hebei^[24].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Tianjin^[25].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Langfang^[26].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Baoding^[27].

Body

Geography

Beijing is in the country of People's Republic of China^[7]. Located in include People's Republic of China^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in People's Republic of China^[29], founded in 1949^[30]; Yuan dynasty^[4], a nomadic confederacy^[31], founded in 1271^[32]; Qing dynasty^[5], a sovereign state^[33], founded in 1636^[34]; and Ming dynasty^[6], a historical Chinese state^[35], founded in 1368^[36]. Beijing's continent is recorded as Asia^[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[13], direct-administered municipality^[14], national capital^[15], national central city^[16], global city^[17], and megacity^[18].

History and Context

Things named after include capital city^[37] and north^[38], a cardinal direction^[39].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Beijing include Pekingese^[40], a dog breed^[41]; Beijing Capital International Airport^[42], an international airport^[43], in People's Republic of China^[44], founded in 1958^[45]; Beijing Daxing International Airport^[46], an international airport^[47], in People's Republic of China^[48]; Peking duck^[49]; American Pekin^[50], a duck breed^[51]; Beijing bikini^[52], in People's Republic of China^[53]; Peking^[54], a four-masted barque^[55], in Germany^[56], founded in 1911^[57]; and Beijingnan railway station^[58], a railway station^[59], in People's Republic of China^[60], founded in 1901^[61].

Why It Matters

Beijing ranks in the top 0.13% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,355 views/month, #7 of 5,534).^[2] Beijing has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[62] Beijing is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[63]

Entities named for Beijing include Pekingese^[40], a dog breed^[41]; Beijing Capital International Airport^[42], an international airport^[43], in People's Republic of China^[44], founded in 1958^[45]; Beijing Daxing International Airport^[46], an international airport^[47], in People's Republic of China^[48]; Peking duck^[49]; American Pekin^[50], a duck breed^[51]; and Beijing bikini^[52], in People's Republic of China^[53].