Beijing Maps
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City Name:Beijing ("Northern Capital", Chinese: 北京, Pinyin: beijing)
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Population :Municipality 17,430,000 , Metro: 11,940,000
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Location :Situated at 40° north latitude and 116° east longitude. It is 43m above sea level and 183km from the sea.
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Overview:As the center of 1000 years of imperial rule, Beijing was built to express the power of the emperor. Long, straight boulevards and avenues are crisscrossed by a network of lanes. Beijing features a vast number of "must-see" attractions.
Badaling is a good introduction to the Great Wall. Authentically reconstructed, Badaling shows the Great Wall as it would have looked originally, and it does not look too new.
Artists from Beijing's Peking Opera Theatre offer one of Chinese quintessence-Peking Opera.
The Lhama Temple, northeast of downtown Beijing, is the most famous Tibetan Buddhist temple outside of Tibet .