The city also has a character all its own; there are quadrangles, Hutongs, tricycle, boiled mutton, arts and crafts, roasted duck and Peking Opera. Administration Distribution Beijing is located on the western coast of China on the Pacific Ocean and stands at the northern tip of the North China Plain. Beijing is surrounded by the Yanshan Mountains on the west, north and east while the small alluvial plain of the Yongding River lies to its southeast. Beijing faces the Bohai Sea, and the area is also called the Beijing Bay.
The Second Ring Road traces the old city walls and the Sixth Ring Road connects satellite towns in the surrounding suburbs. With the expansion of the city, Chaoyang, Haidian, Fengtai and Shijingshan Districts are also considered as the city area. Two districts, Xicheng and Dongcheng District, Beijing are located within the Second Ring Road and are the traditional inner-city and the busiest places in the city.
Xicheng District is the center of the bustling area. Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Bell Tower, the Temple of Heaven and other famous attractions in the central axis of the city are located in the Dongcheng District. Xicheng District homes the heads of the party and the state authorities, as well as offices of financial, business and other economic events.
Haidian District is located northwest of downtown. This district is home to many historic attractions and beautiful royal garden scenery. It is also the scientific and cultural education center of the city. Famous universities like Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China and other institutions of higher education are sited in this area. Tourist resource is also quite rich in the two counties. Yanqing County is the northwest gate of the capital.
The world-famous Badaling Great Wall is sited in this county. History The earliest remnants of human habitation in the Beijing municipality are found in the caves of Dragon Bone Hill near the village of Zhoukoudian in Fangshan District, where the Peking Man lived. Beijing's history dates back several thousand years but it first became notable in Chinese history after it was made the capital of the State of Yan under the name Yanjing.
Yan was one of the major kingdoms of the Warring States Period, some 2, years ago. After the fall of Yan, during the later Han BC , Jin dynasties and Tang dynasties , the Beijing-area was a major prefecture of northern China.
In , the Liao Dynasty set up a secondary capital in what is now Beijing, and called it Nanjing the "Southern Capital". During the Ming Dynasty, Beijing took its current shape. For 40 days in , Li Zicheng led a peasant uprising against the Ming regime. The ancient cosmological symbolism may long have fallen away from the streets of Beijing, but the role of city planning as a means of enforcing social order is as strong as ever.
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Beijing Location. Beijing Basics. Area City. Area Metro. Local Time:. January Average Temperature:. July Average Temperature:. Average Frost Free Days:. Average Elevation:. Annual Rainfall:. Annual Sunshine:. Phone Area Code:. Postal Code:. Beijing has grown by , since , which represents a 2. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Beijing, which typically includes Beijing's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas. The current population of Beijing according to the census, as reported by the official Chinese Government statistics agency, was 19,, The population at the beginning of , according to some estimates, is Along with the greater China population, the population of Beijing has also been growing at breakneck speed.
Even today, the city continues to grow. Although there are no official estimates of the population of Beijing in , unofficial estimates put the population at over 21 million.
The country's Five-Year Plan, which began in , is expected to keep the population under 23 million through
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