What is Tiananmen Square?
{{Coord|39|54|12|N|116|23|30|E|type:landmark|display=title}} [[File:Tiananmen Square-180Degree.jpg|thumb|center|600px|Tian'anmen Square]] '''Tian'anmen [[Town square|Square]]''' (Tian'anmen Guangchang) is a large [[plaza]] near the center of [[Beijing]], [[China]]. It is named after the [[Tiananmen|Tian'anmen]] (''Gate of Heavenly Peace'') which sits to its north, separating it from the [[Forbidden City]] (Zijincheng). Outside of China, the square is well known for the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989]]. The square is 880 [[metre|meter]]s south to north and 500 meters east to west, a total area of 440,000 square meters. It is the largest open-urban square in the world.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} ==Tiananmen Square protest== {{Main|1989 Tiananmen Square protests}} == Other websites == {{Commons-inline|Tian'anmen Square}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Beijing]] [[Category:National squares]] [[Category:Town squares in Asia]]