Beijing Fact Sheet

Database: World's Busiest Airports

Record Name Year City Country Region State Province Source Airport Passenger Traffic Rank
BEIJING, CN (PEK) Airport Traffic 2006 Beiging China Asia Airport Council International BEIJING, CN (PEK) 48 654 770 9

Database: Historical Largest Cities of the World

Record Name City Country Year Become #1 Population Note Source
Beijing (1425) Beijing China 1425 600,000 672,000 (1500) Answers.com Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press
Beijing (1710) Beijing China 1710 900,000 (1750) 1.1 million (1800) Answers.com Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press

Database: Average Real Estate Rental Cost for Selected Cities

Record Name City Country Region Total Cost (US$ per sq. m) Rent (Total Cost (US$ per sq. m)) Other Expenses (US$ per sq. m) Source
Average Real Estate Rental Cost for Beijing Beijing China Asia 301 244 57 Cushman & Wakefield

Database: World's Tallest Buildings

Record Name City Country Height in Meters Height in Feet
Central Radio and TV Tower Beijing P.R.China 405 1323

Database: World's Largest Shopping Malls

Record Name Year Opened City Country Region State Leasable Area (Square Feet) Total Area (Square Feet) Stores
Jin Yuan 2004 Beijing China Asia 6.0 million 7.3 million 1,000

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in World World metric tons total airports - 49,024 top ten by passengers: Atlanta - 84,846,639; Chicago - 77,028,134; London - 67,530,197; Tokyo - 65,810,672; Los Angeles - 61,041,066; Dallas/Fort Worth - 60,226,138; Paris - 56,849,567; Frankfurt - 52,810,683; Beijing - 48,654,770; Denver - 47,325,016 top ten by cargo CIA World Fact Book

Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations

Record Name Language City Country Media kHz
Radio Beijing Beijing China Radio 11,945

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
China China Beijing 2002 9,596,960 1,284,303,705 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: World's Largest Newspapers by Circulation

Record Name Country Language Region Source Newspaper Rank Circulation (thousands)
Canako Xiaoxi (Beijing) Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Canako Xiaoxi (Beijing) 8 2,627
Beijing Evening News Newspaper Circulation China Madarin Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Beijing Evening News 52 950
Beijing Youth Daily Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Beijing Youth Daily 93 606

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
People's Republic of China (China (see note 3)) China (see note 3) Beijing People's Republic of China CH

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