Beijing

Beijing 北京
Municipality
Municipality of Beijing · 北京市
From top: Tiananmen, the Bird's Nest stadium, the Temple of Heaven, and the Beijing CBD
Location of the Municipality of Beijing within China
Country	China
Settled	c. 473 BC
Divisions  - County-level  - Township-level	16 districts, 2 counties 289 towns and villages
Government
• Type	Municipality
• CPC Ctte Secretary	Liu Qi
• Mayor	Guo Jinlong
Area (ranked 29th)
• Municipality	16,801.25 km2 (6,487.00 sq mi)
Elevation	43.5 m (142.7 ft)
Population  (2007)
• Municipality	17,430,000
• Metro	11,940,000
• Density rank	(4th)
	(26th)
Demonym(s)	Beijinger
Major ethnic groups
• Han	96%
• Manchu	2%
• Hui	2%
• Mongolian	0.3%
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code	100000 - 102629
Area code(s)	10
GDP	2008 estimate
- Total	US$151.12 billion (nominal) US$283.92 billion (PPP) (10th)
- Per capita	US$9,082 (nominal) US$17,063 (PPP) (2nd)
HDI (2006)	0.897 (2nd)
License plate prefixes	京A, C, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P 京B (taxis) 京G, Y (outside urban area) 京O (police and authorities) 京V (in red color) (military headquarters, central government)
City trees	Chinese arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis)
	Pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
City flowers	China rose (Rosa chinensis)
	Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
Website	www.beijing.gov.cn

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