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Beijing (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 55 44 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.9288 decimal degrees |
| Long: 116 23 20 E degrees minutes |
Long: 116.3889 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was the capital of the powerful Mongolian monarchy in the 10th and 12th centuries. It was replaced and reinstalled as the national capital several times over the centuries. It was damaged by occupying European forces in 1860. It was a battleground in the Chinese-Japanese war 1937-1945; the city surrendered to the Communists in 1949. Capitol of the Mongol Empire, at the present-day site of Beijing, China. |
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| Beijing (Beijing Shi) (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Beijing (Beijing Shi) (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Beijing (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin)-P,U,N)
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| Beijing (Beijing Shi) (C,V)
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| Peking (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Peking (Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,U,N)
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| 北京 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Pékin (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Pei-Ching (C,V)
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| Pei-ching (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Pei-p'ing (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Peiching (C,O)
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| Pekin (C,O,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Pechino (C,O)
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| Beijing Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Pei-ching-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Pei-p'ing-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| בייג'ינג (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Cambaluc (H,O)
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............ | city with this name built 1260-1290 |
| Ch'i (H,V)
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............ | under the Chou Dynasty (1122-255 BCE) |
| Daidu (H,V)
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| Khanbalik (H,O)
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| Khan Bhalik (H,V)
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| Peiping (H,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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............ | 1928-1949 |
| Peip'ing (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Beijing (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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site of a city since at least 723 BCE |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of China under Yuan Dynasty |
| frontier settlement (H) |
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1122-255 BCE |
| religious center (H) |
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Christian bishopric of Nestorian sect, 7th-11th cen. |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Zhongguo .......... (nation) |
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(World, Asia) [1000111] |
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