Beijing area
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The Beijing area is the political and cultural heartland surrounding China’s capital city, historically significant as a center of imperial rule, republican politics, and modern governance.
Observed surface forms (8)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beijing metropolitan area | 12 |
| central Beijing | 7 |
| Beijing region | 5 |
| Beijing city center | 2 |
| Beijing metropolitan region | 1 |
| Beijing urban core | 1 |
| municipality of Beijing | 1 |
| 中国北京市 | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Taihang Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yanshan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalRegionOf | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Beijing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tianjin NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Hebei Province ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalCenterOf | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | contains multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites ⓘ |
| economicRole |
core of Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei urban agglomeration
ⓘ
major service and innovation center in China ⓘ |
| governedFrom | Zhongnanhai in central Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | monsoon-influenced humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cultural and educational center
ⓘ
diplomatic center of China ⓘ national administrative hub ⓘ transportation hub of North China ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriodOfProminence |
Ming dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
People's Republic of China era NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China era NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyServedAs |
center of imperial rule in China
ⓘ
center of modern governance in China ⓘ center of republican politics in China ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessorRole | capital region of several Chinese dynasties ⓘ |
| hostsInstitutionType |
central government organs of China
ⓘ
major universities ⓘ national cultural institutions ⓘ |
| includesKeySite |
Forbidden City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Wall sections near Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiananmen Square NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhongnanhai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North China Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernRole | core region of the People's Republic of China central authority ⓘ |
| politicalCenterOf | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardLanguageBasis | Putonghua pronunciation norms ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
gateway between North China Plain and Inner Mongolia Plateau
ⓘ
historical military and defensive frontier ⓘ |
| timeZone | China Standard Time ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Chaobai River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yongding River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dongcheng District, Beijing
this entity surface form:
Beijing urban core
this entity surface form:
central Beijing
this entity surface form:
Beijing region
this entity surface form:
central Beijing
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
Beijing region
this entity surface form:
central Beijing
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
central Beijing
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
Beijing city center
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
central Beijing
this entity surface form:
Beijing city center
this entity surface form:
Beijing region
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan region
this entity surface form:
central Beijing
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
central Beijing
this entity surface form:
municipality of Beijing
this entity surface form:
Beijing region
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
Beijing region
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area
subject surface form:
Qinghe Subdistrict
this entity surface form:
Beijing metropolitan area