Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city, as well as... Wikipedia

• Established:  1045 BC
• Founded by:  Zhou dynasty (Western Zhou)
• Municipal seat:  Tongzhou District
• Divisions - County-level - Township, level:  16 districts, 343 towns and subdistricts
• Type:  Municipality
• Body:  Beijing Municipal People's Congress
• Party Secretary:  Yin Li
• Congress Chairman:  Li Xiuling
• Mayor:  Yin Yong
• Municipal CPPCC Chairman:  Vacant
• National People's Congress Representation:  53 deputies
• Municipality:  21,893,095
• Metro:  22,366,547
• Rank:  2nd in China, 2nd in Asia, 27th as an administrative division, Density: 4th
• Time zone:  CST (UTC+08:00)
• Postal codes:  100000–102629
• Area code(s):  10
• ISO 3166 code:  CN-BJ
• Growth:  5.4% (2025)
• License plate prefixes:  京A, C, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, 京B (taxis), 京G, Y (outside urban area), 京O, D (police and authorities)
• Climate:  Monsoon-influenced hot-summer humid continental climate (Dwa)
• Abbreviation:  BJ
• HDI (2023):  0.912 (1st) – very high
• Website:  beijing.gov.cn
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo