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Is Pekin, Illinois named after the city of Pekin, China really directly above that city.

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Pekin is now Beiping unless they changed the name again.

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  1. It's true that the people of Pekin many years ago named the town after Peking, but it is sadly not the case that they are directly across the world from Beijing. They missed by some 230 miles. Nice gesture, though.

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