Beijing
China
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 21.8 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city, as well as China's second-largest city by urban area, after Shanghai. It is located in Northern China and is governed as a provincial-level direct-administered municipality with 16 municipal districts. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji cluster.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+8 · 14 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Main language
- Chinese
- On the map
- 39.90° N, 116.41° E
Near Beijing
- Tianjin · 114 km away
- Shijiazhuang · 264 km away
- Datong · 265 km away
- Jinan · 367 km away
- Taiyuan · 403 km away
- Hohhot · 408 km away
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Where to stay
Pan Pacific Beijing
10/10 · 455 reviews
NUO Hotel Beijing
10/10 · 325 reviews
Mandarin Oriental Wangfujing, Beijing
10/10 · 185 reviews
JEN Beijing by Shangri-La
9.8/10 · 1075 reviews
Kempinski Hotel Beijing Yansha Center
9.8/10 · 986 reviews
Kerry Hotel, Beijing by Shangri-La
9.8/10 · 693 reviews
Waldorf Astoria Beijing
9.8/10 · 622 reviews
China World Hotel, Beijing, A Shangri-La Hotel
9.8/10 · 329 reviews
CHAO Sanlitun Beijing
9.8/10 · 300 reviews
Four Seasons Hotel Beijing
9.6/10 · 128 reviews