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1 | ![]() | Beijing ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 65 Lat/Lng : 39.9035 / 116.3876 | (1st)—very high blank5_name_sec1 = License plate prefixes blank5_info_sec1 = (taxis) (outside urban area) (police and authorities) blank6_name_sec1 = Abbreviation blank6_info_sec1 = BJ / (jīng) blank2_name_sec2 = City flowers blank2_info_sec2 =China rose (Rosa chinensis) blank3_name_sec2 = (...) |
2 | Haidian District ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 39.9599 / 116.2981 | Haidian District is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies towards the northwestern part of the urban core. It is 431 square km in area, making it the second-largest district in urban Beijing (after Chaoyang), and is home to 2,240,124 inhabitants (2000 Census); however, in comparison to (...) | |
3 | Chaoyang District, Beijing ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 39.9255 / 116.4416 | Chaoyang District is a core district of Beijing. It borders the districts of Shunyi to the northeast, Tongzhou to the east and southeast, Daxing to the south, Fengtai to the southwest, Dongcheng, Xicheng and Haidian to the west, and Changping to the northwest (...) | |
4 | ![]() | Peking University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 39.9897 / 116.3053 | Peking UniversityAlso spelled as Beijing University. (abbreviated PKU or Beida) is a major Chinese research university located in Beijing and a member of the C9 League. Founded as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a successor and replacement of Guozijian (Imperial College), it is the (...) |
5 | ![]() | Old Summer Palace ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 40.008 / 116.3031 | The Old Summer Palace, known in Chinese as Yuanming Yuan , and originally called the Imperial Gardens , was a complex of palaces and gardens in present-day Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is located northwest of the walls of the former Imperial City section of Beijing (...) |
6 | Shijingshan District ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 39.9145 / 116.2331 | Shijingshan District is an urban district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies to the west of the urban core of Beijing, and is part of the Western Hills area, bordering the districts of Haidian to the northeast and east, Fengtai to the south, and Mentougou to the west (...) | |
7 | Mentougou District ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 880 Lat/Lng : 39.9794 / 115.828 | Mentougou District is a district in western Beijing. Spanning , with 266,591 inhabitants (2000 Census), it is subdivided into 4 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing and 9 towns (1 of which is a suburb of the city proper of Beijing) (...) | |
8 | Dongcheng District, Beijing ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 39.9231 / 116.411 | The Dongcheng District (; literally "east city district") of Beijing covers the eastern half of Beijing's urban core, including all of the eastern half of the Old City inside of the 2nd Ring Road with the northernmost extent crossing into the area within the 3rd Ring Road (...) | |
9 | Beijing Normal University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 39.962 / 116.3663 | Beijing Normal University (BNU), colloquially known as 北师大 or Beishida, is a public research university located in Beijing, China, with a strong emphasis on basic disciplines of the humanities and sciences. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, and was recognized by the (...) | |
10 | ![]() | Hainan ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 373 Lat/Lng : 19.1067 / 109.5675 | Hainan is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , separated from Guangdong's Leizhou Peninsula by the Qiongzhou Strait, is the largest and fifth most populous island under PRC control (Taiwan, which is (...) |
11 | ![]() | Summer Palace ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 69 Lat/Lng : 39.9975 / 116.2689 | The Summer Palace , is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in Qing Dynasty. Mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, it covers an expanse of , three-quarters of which is water (...) |
12 | Beijing Subway ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 39.9138 / 116.3916 | The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. The subway is the world's busiest in annual ridership, with 3.78 billion trips delivered in 2017, averaging 10.35 million per day, with peak single-day ridership reaching 13 (...) | |
13 | Zhongguancun ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 39.9832 / 116.3155 | Zhongguancun , or Zhong Guan Cun, is a technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is geographically situated in the northwestern part of Beijing city, in a band between the northwestern Third Ring Road and the northwestern Fourth Ring Road (...) | |
14 | ![]() | Cambridge, Massachusetts ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 42.3736 / -71.1106 | Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. Situated directly north of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders (...) |
15 | ![]() | Berkeley, California ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 67 Lat/Lng : 37.8703 / -122.2681 | Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of (...) |
16 | Zizhuyuan Subdistrict ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 59 Lat/Lng : 39.9619 / 116.3087 | Zizhuyuan Subdistrict , named after the Purple Bamboo Park, is a subdistrict of Haidian District, Beijing. , it had 23 residential communities under its administration. (...) | |
17 | Yongding River ![]() FeatureType : river Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 39.2869 / 117.0797 | The Yongding River is a river in northern China. It is one of the main tributaries in the Hai River system and is best known as the largest river to flow through Beijing Municipality. In recent year, the Beijing segment of the river has dried up due to environmental issues (...) | |
18 | Renmin University of China ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 39.97 / 116.3184 | Renmin University of China, often referred to as RUC , or colloquially Renda , is an elite research university located in Haidian District of Beijing. Founded by the Communist Party of China, RUC possesses the strongest reputation in humanities and social sciences, and is classified as a Class A (...) | |
19 | Nerima ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 35.7356 / 139.6517 | is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City. , the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km². 15,326 foreign residents are registered in the ward. 21 (...) | |
20 | National Library of China ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 39.9459 / 116.3224 | The National Library of China or NLC in Beijing is the national library of the People's Republic of China. With a collection of over 35 million items, it is the largest library in Asia and one of the largest in the world (...) | |
21 | Jiaojiang District ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 28.6729 / 121.4428 | Jiaojiang District (Tai-chow dialect: Tsiao-kông K'ü;) is a district and the seat of the prefecture-level city of Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China. It is named after the Jiao River (Jiaojiang in Chinese). The district has its mainland area of , and its islands area is . The total area is (...) | |
22 | Ministry of State Security (China) ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 39.9921 / 116.2783 | The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the intelligence and security agency of the People's Republic of China (non-military area of interests), responsible for counter-intelligence, foreign intelligence and political security. It is headquartered in Beijing (...) | |
23 | Beijing International Studies University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 39.9093 / 116.5577 | The Beijing International Studies University (BISU) is a public teaching and research university based in the city of Beijing, China. Founded in 1964, it was part of the national initiative to promote tertiary foreign language education (...) | |
24 | Beixiaguan Subdistrict ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 58 Lat/Lng : 39.9567 / 116.3319 | Beixiaguan Subdistrict is a subdistrict located in the southeastern part of the Haidian District, Beijing, The East from Xizhimen Railway Station, west Western Transportation Company car field, north of Beijing Electric Power College, south Changhe (...) | |
25 | Wangjing Subdistrict ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 39.9933 / 116.4728 | Wangjing is a major residential and technological area and subdistrict of Chaoyang District, in the northeast of Beijing. (...) | |
26 | Central Radio & TV Tower ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 59 Lat/Lng : 39.9181 / 116.3003 | The Central Radio & TV Tower and IPA pronunciation is a telecommunications- and observation tower in Beijing, China. It is the tallest structure in the city, the ninth-tallest tower in the world, and has its observation deck at (...) | |
27 | Central Party School of the Communist Party of China ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 52 Lat/Lng : 40.007 / 116.2802 | The Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, also known as the Central Party School, is the higher education institution which specifically trains officials for the Communist Party of China.Liu, Alan P. L. 2009 (...) | |
28 | Madian, Beijing ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 32.2355 / 119.9585 | Madian ("Caravansary" or "Horse Pasture"Gladney, p. .) is a community in Haidian District,Wang, Zhou, and Fan, p. 117. northern Beijing.Wang, Zhou, and Fan, p. 114. It is adjacent to the intersection of the 3rd Ring Road and the Badaling Expressway,Wang, Zhou, and Fan, p. 115 (...) | |
29 | Beijing city fortifications ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 39.8987 / 116.351 | The Beijing city fortifications were built between the early 15th century to 1553. The Inner city wall was long and high, with a thickness of at ground level and at the top, and had nine gates. The wall stood for nearly 530 years, but in 1965, was removed to allow for construction of the 2nd Ring (...) | |
30 | Western Hills ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 601 Lat/Lng : 39.9939 / 115.9977 | The Western Hills refers to the hills and mountains in the western part of Beijing. (...) | |
31 | Beijing Xijiao Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 59 Lat/Lng : 39.9637 / 116.2603 | Beijing Xijiao Airport is a military airport in Beijing, China. It was also used by charter flights. It is located in Haidian District, 19.75 miles from Beijing Capital International Airport and about 8 miles from the city centre. It has one runway numbered 18/36. (...) | |
32 | Beijing Language and Culture University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 39.9944 / 116.3461 | Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU;), colloquially known in Chinese as Yuyan Xueyuan , has the main aim of teaching the Chinese language and culture to foreign students. However, it also takes Chinese students specializing in foreign languages and other relevant subjects of humanities and (...) | |
33 | Dahui Temple ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 39.9531 / 116.3295 | The Dahui Temple (Chinese: 大慧寺), literally Temple of Great Wisdom, is a Ming Dynasty Buddhist temple located in Beijing. It is located in the western Haidian District of the city. It lies in the street Dahui Si Road near the Xueyuan Nan Road. It was first built in 1513, and restored in 1757 (...) | |
34 | Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 60 Lat/Lng : 39.9077 / 116.3177 | Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution or China People's Revolution Military Museum is located in Haidian District, Beijing, China. The museum displays restored military equipment from the history of the People's Liberation Army, up to and including modern-day machinery (...) | |
35 | Geography of Beijing ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 55 Lat/Lng : 39.9 / 116.4 | Beijing is located in northeastern China at the northern tip of the North China Plain, near the meeting point of the Xishan and Yanshan mountain ranges. The city itself lies on flat land (elevation) that opens to the east and south (...) | |
36 | Yuan Dadu City Wall Ruins Park ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 52 Lat/Lng : 39.9759 / 116.3819 | The Yuan Dadu City Wall Ruins Park , also known as the Tucheng or Earth Wall Park, is an urban park and historic site in Beijing. The park was created in 2003 to preserve the ruins of the northern city wall of Khanbaliq or Dadu, capital of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (...) | |
37 | Beijing 101 Middle School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 40.0021 / 116.3004 | Beijing 101 Middle School (or simply 101, Pinyin: Běijīng shì yī líng yī zhōngxué), also known as Beijing No.101 Middle/High School, is a coeducational public middle school for both boarding and day students in grades 7 to 12 (ages 12 to 18) (...) | |
38 | Gongzhufen ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 60 Lat/Lng : 39.9074 / 116.3104 | Gongzhufen is a major traffic and public transportation hub in the Haidian District of western Beijing, China. The name literally means "Tomb of the Princess". Gongzhufen lies at the intersection of the 3rd Ring Road and Fuxing Road (...) | |
39 | Temple of Azure Clouds ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 127 Lat/Lng : 39.9981 / 116.1897 | The Temple of Azure Clouds , or Biyun Temple, is a Buddhist temple located in the eastern part of the Western Hills, just outside the north gate of Fragrant Hills Park (Xiangshan Gongyuan), in the Haidian District, a northwestern suburb of Beijing, China, approximately 20 km from the city center (...) | |
40 | Wukesong ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 66 Lat/Lng : 39.9135 / 116.2787 | Wukesong , literally the "Five Pine Trees", is the name of the roadway interchange in Haidian District in western Beijing where Fuxing Lu, the western extension of Chang'an Avenue crosses the Fourth Ring Road. In the 1960s, five pine trees stood at the site during the construction of the Beijing (...) | |
41 | Weigongcun, Beijing ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 3120 Lat/Lng : 30.45 / 97.6333 | Weigongcun area is an area of Haidian District, Beijing. It houses Minzu University of China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Beijing Institute of Technology. It has restaurants from a wide variety of ethnic minorities (...) | |
42 | Bussiere Garden ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 78 Lat/Lng : 40.0612 / 116.1032 | Bussiere Garden, also called Jardin Bussière, located in the north of Sujiaguo Town, Haidian District of Beijing, was constructed by Doctor of Peking Union Medical College during the years in the Republic of China. (...) | |
43 | Timeline of Cambridge, Massachusetts ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 42.3736 / -71.1106 | This is a timeline of the history of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. (...) | |