Beijing (chn)

Beijing

Beijing ranks 105th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zürich, Split, Croatia, and Yokohama. Memorable people born in Beijing include Xi Jinping, Empress Dowager Cixi, and Jet Li. Memorable people who died in Beijing include Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Kangxi Emperor. Beijing has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Beijing is located in China.

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 China's second largest city after Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. It is ranked as the 10th most important city in the world by Knight Frank. Read more on Wikipedia