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Beijing, a world-renowned metropolis with a long history, increasingly as a capital of the dynasty beginning of the end of 1115 until the late Qing dynasty in 1911. On 1 October 1949, the People's Republic of China was founded, and Beijing, the capital and the political, economic, communication, scientific and cultural centre of the new China.
Beijing is located at the foot of Mount Yanshan Mountain at the northern tip of the North China Plain-and mountainous areas account for 62% of the whole country. It has a continental climate monsoon. The average annual temperature of 11.8 thee, and the annual rainfall of 637 mm in quantity.
With an area of 16800 kM2 and with a population of 12.46 million, Beijing is one of the cities most important tourist in China. There are many historical sites and scenic attractive places like the Great Wall at Badaling, the Ming Tombs, Palais museum, the Web site's Home Peking Man at Zhoukoudian, the Summer Palace, Xiang Shan Hill, the Tian'anmen Square , the Temple of Heaven Etc. |
