Beijing (disambiguation) explained

Beijing, literally "northern capital" in Chinese, is the capital city of the People's Republic of China.

Beijing may also refer to:

Historical capitals

• Taiyuan, formerly Běijīng or Běidū, capital city under the Tang Dynasty and Later Five Dynasties
• Daming County, formerly Beijing, capital under the Northern Song dynasty
• Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, known as Beijing under the 12th-century Jurchen Jin dynasty

Places in People's Republic of China

• Beijing Subdistrict, Guangzhou (北京街道), a subdistrict of Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
• Beijing, Guangxi (北景), a town in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi
• Beijing Township (北景乡), a township in Linyi County, Shanxi

Other uses

• Beijing (locomotive) or China Railways BJ, a diesel-hydraulic locomotive
• Beijing 1, a 1950s aircraft prototype
• Common metonym for the Government of China

See also

• Historical capitals of China
• Peking (disambiguation)
• Pekin (disambiguation)
• Beijingese (disambiguation)