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Beijing, [a] previously romanized as Peking, [b] is the capital city of China.With more than 22 million residents, [11] it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city after Shanghai. [12]
Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. China is considered one of the cradles of civilization : the first human inhabitants in the region arrived during the Paleolithic .
"Beijing" is from pinyin Běijīng, which is romanized from ... "Beijing", was adopted for use within the country in 1958, and for international use in 1979.
This is a list of all counties (including autonomous counties, autonomous banners, and banners) along with county-level cities (Chinese: 县级市; pinyin: xianjí shì) and city districts (Chinese: (市辖)区; pinyin: (shìxiá) qū).
Beijing is a municipality located in North China at the northern tip of the North China Plain, near the meeting point of the Xishan and Yanshan mountain ranges.The city itself lies on flat land (elevation 20 to 60 m (66 to 200 ft)) that opens to the east and south.
Region Map Area Population (2010) Population Density Provinces/Region Provincial/Regional Seat North China 华北 (Huáběi): 1,556,061 km 2: 164,823,226 105/km 2: Beijing
The summit begins Monday and is being held by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, or IPAC, a group of hundreds of lawmakers from 35 countries concerned about how democracies approach Beijing.
The names of China include the many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as Zhōngguó (中国; 中國; 'Central State', 'Middle Kingdom') in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin.