Altitude:& 52m/170ft. Area: 16,807 sq km/6487 sq.miles
Population: 13,000,000 approx.

Beijing lies in the north-west of the North China plain, not far from the Western slopes of the mountains of Yanshan, and about 150km/93 miles from the Bohai Sea. A dense network of roads, railways and airways connects Beijing with China’s other major cities.

Beijing, an autonomous city with the status of a province, is not only the political centre of the country, it also plays an outstanding part in the nation’s cultural, economic, scientific and academic life. Many trading and industrial firms are situated here. Read the rest of this entry »