Dongcheng District, Beijing

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Dongcheng District, Beijing is a central urban district of China's capital city that encompasses many of its most important political, historical, and cultural landmarks, including Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Beijing
urban district
borderedBy Chaoyang District
surface form: Chaoyang District, Beijing

Fengtai District
surface form: Fengtai District, Beijing

Xicheng District, Beijing
capitalOf no entity
chineseName Dongcheng District, Beijing self-linksurface differs
surface form: 北京市东城区
contains Andingmen
Jingshan Park
surface form: Beihai Park (partly)

Beijing Ancient Observatory
Beijing Railway Station
Chongwenmen
Temple of Confucius
surface form: Confucius Temple, Beijing

Dongdan
Dongsi
Dongzhimen station
surface form: Dongzhimen

Forbidden City
Great Hall of the People
Jianguomen station
surface form: Jianguomen

Jingshan Park
Ming City Wall Relics Park
Nanluoguxiang
National Art Museum of China
National Centre for the Performing Arts (vicinity)
National Museum of China
Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate)
surface form: Qianmen

Temple of Heaven
Tiananmen Gate
surface form: Tiananmen

Tiananmen Square
Wangfujing station
surface form: Wangfujing

Yongdingmen
Yonghegong Lama Temple
Zhangzizhonglu
Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate)
surface form: Zhengyangmen
country China
formedByMergerOf former Chongwen District
former Dongcheng District
governmentType district-level government
hasFunction cultural center
political center
tourist center
isCentralDistrictOf Beijing
languageUsed Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
literalMeaning Eastern City District
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time
locatedOn North China Plain
partOf Beijing
pinyinName Dōngchéng Qū
utcOffset +8
writingSystem Simplified Chinese

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Qianmen Station of Beijing Subway locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Dongcheng District, Beijing
subject surface form: Qianmen Station
Andingmen Gate site locatedIn Dongcheng District, Beijing