Beijing

Summary

Beijing is a city^[1]. Beijing ranks in the top 0.13% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,270 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 is on the continent of Asia^[9].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as city^[10].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as direct-administered municipality^[11].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as national capital^[12].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as national central city^[13].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as global city^[14].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as megacity^[15].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as metropolis^[16].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as big city^[17].
• Beijing's instance of is recorded as former national capital^[18].
• Beijing's capital is recorded as Tongzhou District^[19].
• Beijing's official language is recorded as Chinese^[20].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Hebei^[21].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Tianjin^[22].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Langfang^[23].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Baoding^[24].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Zhangjiakou^[25].
• Beijing's shares border with is recorded as Chengde^[26].
• capital city is named after Beijing^[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 is on the continent of Asia^[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[10], direct-administered municipality^[11], national capital^[12], national central city^[13], global city^[14], and megacity^[15].

History and Context

Things named after include capital city^[27] and north^[37], a cardinal direction^[38].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Beijing include Pekingese^[39], a dog breed^[40]; Beijing Capital International Airport^[41], an international airport^[42], in People's Republic of China^[43], founded in 1958^[44]; Peking duck^[45]; Beijing Daxing International Airport^[46], an international airport^[47], in People's Republic of China^[48]; American Pekin^[49], a duck breed^[50]; Beijing bikini^[51], in People's Republic of China^[52]; Beijingnan railway station^[53], a railway station^[54], in People's Republic of China^[55], founded in 1901^[56]; and Peking^[57], a four-masted barque^[58], in Germany^[59], founded in 1911^[60].

Why It Matters

Beijing ranks in the top 0.13% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,270 views/month, #7 of 5,534).^[2] Beijing has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[61] Beijing is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[62]

Entities named for Beijing include Pekingese^[39], a dog breed^[40]; Beijing Capital International Airport^[41], an international airport^[42], in People's Republic of China^[43], founded in 1958^[44]; Peking duck^[45]; Beijing Daxing International Airport^[46], an international airport^[47], in People's Republic of China^[48]; American Pekin^[49], a duck breed^[50]; and Beijing bikini^[51], in People's Republic of China^[52].