BEIJING

北京

Introduction

• Beijing is the capital of china • With an population of 56 ethnic groups • With 16 urban cities and 2 small towns• Because of the situated place mostly all wi

nters are extremly cold , dry autumns , very hot summers and wet springs

Geography• Main city center, Dongcheng [1] (means east city 东城 ), Xicheng [2] (meani

ng west city 西城 ), Chongwen （崇文门 adorance to literature ） [3] and Xuanwu[4] （宣武区 passing down martial arts ） form the urban core of Beijing （ red zone ）

•  Chaoyang( 朝阳 looking at the sun) [5], Haidian( 海淀 sea pool)  [6],Fengtai ( 丰台区 not main meaning )[7] and Shijingshan( 石景山 rock fountain mountains )[8],all that being the blue area.

• Furthermore on the green area , Tongzhou ( 通州 throught an state) [9] and Shunyi( 顺义 along with rigthteousness) [10]. Mentougou ( 门头沟 at the head of an door , there is an ditch) [11] and Fangshan(  房山 over an house , there is an mountain)[12]  Daxing( 大兴 great happiness) [13] -- Changping ( 昌平 prosperous plain)[14] Tiantongyuan( 天通苑 the garden througth the sky ) Juyongguan( 居庸关 the city that closes roads) .

• Yanqing [15]( 延庆 delayed celebration ) and Miyun( 密云 cloud of secrets) [16],  Huairou( 怀柔 softess of an warm belly) [17] andPinggu ( 平谷 plainvalley)[18]

City layout

• Starting from the very centre is an megacity

• Mainly formed by flats • Then the rests are urban sprawls with sub

urbs around it with some comuter towns • The blocks are reunited together around fl

ats

History and development • Beijing is the capital of 8 notable dynasties and governments:• On 221 BC Yan State Capital, Warring States Period starts• On 1271 first a national capital for the Yuan Dynasty starts• On 1402 Became Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) capital • On 1644 Qing Dynasty  becomes the capital• On 1912 Republic of China capital• At October 1, 1949 People‘s Republic of China inaugurated by Mao Zed

ong （毛泽东 )• In 2008: hosted the Olympic Games

Environmental issues

• Air pollution in Beijing has made the city 'almost uninhabitable for human beings' according to environmental study

• Which caused the government to create an solution called CBEEX china beijing enviroment exange

• The government is working on it by installing on it some air cleasing machines

webpages• http://beijing.usembas

sy-china.org.cn/• http://beijing-travels.c

om/beijing_guide/overview/geography.html

• http://www.cbeex.com.cn/article/en/

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558548/Air-pollution-Beijing-city-uninhabitable-human-beings-according-environmental-study.html#ixzz3Tdl8P9wx