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Place nameBeijing
Other namesPeking, Pékin, Pei-Ching, Pei-ching, Pei-p'ing, Peiching, Pekin, Pechino, Peiping, Peip'ing, Ch'i, Khanbalik, Cambaluc
CountryZhonghua
Latitude39.917
Longitude116.433
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Was the capital of the powerful Mongolian monarchy in the 10th and 12th centuries. It was replaced and reinstalled as the national capital several times over the centuries. It was damaged by occupying European forces in 1860. It was a battleground in the Chinese-Japanese war 1937-1945; the city surrendered to the Communists in 1949.
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