Beijing(Beijing,formerlyPeking).Beijingshort.ThecapitalofPeople'sRepublicofChina,theCommunistPartyofChinaCentralCommitteeresident,oneofChina'sfourmunicipalities,China'spolitical,economic,scientificandculturalcenter,oneofthedomesticandinternationalexchanges,thecountry'ssecondlargestcity,thelargestcityinnorthernChina.
Beijingisa3,000yearsofhistoryofthefoundingofthecity,theCapital850yearsofChinesehistoryandculture,historyandtheancientcapitalcityofBeijingtheeconomydeveloped,anditisChina'slargestairtraffichub.In2005theStateCouncilapprovedthe"Beijingoverallurbanplanning(2004to2020)",Beijingwasdefinedas"thenationalcapital,internationalcity,andculturalrelics,livablecity."By2007,Beijinghouseholdregistrationpopulationhasreached12.03million,itisthecity'stotalpopulation17.43million.BeijingmunicipaltreeforSophorajaponicaandorientalarborvitae,'sfloralemblemforRoseandchrysanthemums.PhoneNumber:010;Zipcode:100000.
Beijingcentreislocatedat39degrees54minutesnorthlatitude,116degrees23minuteseastlongitude.AtthenorthwestedgeoftheNorthChinaPlain.BeijingandneighboringTianjin,andHebeiProvinceandTianjintobearound.BeijingWest,NorthandNortheast,themountainsaround,theSouthEastistiltedslowlytotheplainoftheBohaiSea.BeijingPlaininthealtitudeof20to60meters,mountaingeneralelevationof1000to1500meters,andthejunctionofEastMountainHebei2,309metersabovesealevel,thepeakforBeijing.Riverrunsthroughtheterritoryoffive,mainlytheeasternpartoftheChaobaiRiver,NorthCanal,westoftheYongdingRiverandJumahe.Beijingisthetopographyofthenorthwest,southeastlow.TumoTaihangMountainswestistheXishan,istheYanshanmountainrangenorthofthemilitaryHill,thetwo-ditchclearanceinthesouthoftheintersection,formingasemicircletothesoutheastmountainsstartbending,knownas"Beijingbends,"itaroundthesmallplainsnamelyBeijingsmallplains.LookingatBeijingterrain,themountainslapel,andthesituationmagnificent.Astheancientssaid:"YouZhouoftheleftringsea,andtherighttoYongTai,NorthpillowJiyong,SouthlapelRiverJeju,-LandofAbundance."
Beijingcity'slandarea16,400squarekilometers.Plainareaof6,339squarekilometers,accountingfor38.6percent.Mountainareaof10,072squarekilometers,accountingfor61.4percent.Cityof87.1squarekilometers.
Beijingistheworld'shistoricalandculturalcityandoneoftheancientcapital.BackinQishimonianago,theBeijingZhoukoudianareawillappearprimitivetribalgroups,"thecity."CityandBeijingalsohasbuiltmorethan2,000yearsofhistory,andfirstseenatrecordsforthenamesof"thistle."公元前1045年北京成为蓟、燕等诸侯国的都城；公元前221年秦始皇统一中国以来,北京一直是中国北方重镇和地方中心；自公元888年以来,北京又先后成为辽陪都、金上都,Yuandadu,MingandQingStates.October1,1949officiallydesignatedasthecapitalofPeople'sRepublicofChina