Beijing


City coordinates: 39.9167 116.3833

Urban population (2019 m.): 21 700 000 (metropol.)

Link to the city’s website

Briefly about China...






Where it is located: East Asia
Area: 9 596 960 km2
Highest location: Jomolungma (Everest) 8850 m
Lowest point: in the Turf pit -154 m
Longest River: 6300 km




The form of management: a socialist dictatorship
Administrative division: 23 provinces (sheng), 5 autonomous regions (zižiku). 4 city metropolises (this).
Permanent member of the UN Security Council




Population: 1,37 billion, urban 59% density 142 people/km2; life expectancy 76 years (women 78, men 73)
Ethnic groups: Chinese (Han) 92%, Cyan, Hui, Uighurs, She, Miao, Manchu, Tibetan, other 8%
Official language: Chinese
Literacy: 96%
Religions: Buddhists 18%, Christians 5%, Muslims 2%, Atheists 75%




Currency: yuan (CNY) = 10 sections = 100 fen
GDP 1 pers./year: 16 700 US $
Foreign trade balance (2019):  
421,932 billion US $




HDI (Human Development Index 2019): 0.761
Happiness Index (place in the world in 2020): 94
Big Mac index (2020 m.): 3,1 US $






Larger cities:
(population)

• Šanhai 24,1 mln.
• Čongčing (Čungcing) 18,3 mln.
• Tiandzin 15,4 mln.
• Čengdu 14,4 mln.
• Guangžou 13 mln.
• Šenžen 10,7 mln.
• Uhan 10,6 mln.
• Hangžou 9 mln.
• Sian 8,7 mln.
• Nandzing 8,2 mln
• Donguan 8,2 mln.
• Šenjang 8,1 mln.
• Hong Kong 7,2 mln.
• Dzinan 7 mln.
• Dalian 6,6 mln.
• Čingdao 6,4 mln.
• Žengžou 6,4 mln.
• Sužou 5,4 mln.
• Šantou 5,3 mln.
• Harbin 5,2 mln.
• Čangša 5,2 mln.
• Čangčun 4.7 mln.
• Šidžiažuang 4,3 mln.
• Naning 4 mln.
• Kunming 3,5 mln.

The most important ports: Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong