Khanbaliq
Khanbaliq or Dadu of Yuan (Chinese: 元大都Mongolian: ᠻᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ) was the winter capital of the Yuan dynasty of China in what is now Beijing, the capital of China today. It was located at the center of modern Beijing. The Secretariat directly administered the Central Region (腹裏) of the Yuan dynasty (comprising present-day Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and parts of Henan and Inner Mongolia) and dictated policies for the other provinces. As emperors of the Yuan dynasty, Kublai Khan and his successors also claimed supremacy over the entire Mongol Empire following the death of Möngke (Kublai's brother and predecessor) in 1259. Over time the unified empire gradually fragmented into a number of khanates.
| Khanbaliq (Dadu of Yuan) | |
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| Native name 汗八里 Wade-Giles: Han-pa-li | |
| (元)大都 (Yüan) Ta-tu | |
| Type | Former capital city |
| Location | Beijing, China |
| Coordinates | 39°56′0″N 116°24′0″E |
| Founded | 1264 |
| Founder | Kublai Khan |
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| Chinese | 汗八里 | ||||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хаан балгас, Ханбалиг | ||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠻᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ | ||||||||
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| Dadu | |||||||||
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| Chinese | (元)大都 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Grand Capital (of Yuan) | ||||||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠳᠠᠶᠢᠳᠤ | ||||||||
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| Beiping | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 北平 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | [Seat of the] Northern Pacified [Area] | ||||||||
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Khanbaliq is the direct predecessor to modern Beijing. Several stations of Line 10 and Line 13 are named after the gates of Dadu.