# Beijing Zoo

- **Country:** China
- **Coordinates:** 39.938611, 116.333333
- **Area:** Beijing 89 ha
- **Opened:** 1907
- **Members:** (CAZG)
- **Location:** Xicheng District, Beijing, China
- **Zoo Name:** Beijing Zoo
- **Date Opened:** 19 July 1907
- **Num Animals:** 14500
- **Num Species:** 950

Beijing Zoo is a zoological park in Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing. Founded in 1906 during the late Qing dynasty, it is the oldest zoo in China and oldest public park in northern China. The zoo is also a center of zoological research that studies and breeds rare animals from various continents.

![Photo of Beijing Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Gate_of_Beijing_Zoo_%2820210219172711%29.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Zoo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)