The Great Wall of China, Huairou, China
Latitude and longitude coordinates are: 40.431908, 116.570374.
The Great Wall of China is one of the world's most famous historical landmarks and one of the actual man-made wonders built centuries ago by ancient residents of China. The landmark includes a number of historical fortifications built in various times and epochs, so the Great Wall of China is considered to be the largest and the longest man-made structure on the planet estimated to be over 13,170 miles (or about 21,000 km) long. The earliest parts of the fortifications which are preserved till the modern day were built in the 8th-7th centuries BC, but the majority of the fortification complex parts were built during the Early and Middle Ages of the modern epochs. The landmark stretches across a few provinces of modern China and generally can be found in the northeastern part of the country.
Historians divide the Wall into a few sections according to their actual location and the times when they were erected. The part known as the Ming Great Wall is situated in the central part of the province of Gansu and it includes the section of Jinshanling which is one of the most visited parts of the Great Wall as it offers truly breathtaking views to the mountainous part of the region. Another popular section of the Wall is called the Han Great Wall and it can be found in the southern part of the province of Gansu. The Great Wall of China is one of the key tourist attractions of the country and the whole continent visited by millions of tourists every year. It is among the most important items on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
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The Great Wall of China, Huairou, China Lat Long Coordinates Info
The latitude of The Great Wall of China, Huairou, China is 40.431908, and the longitude is 116.570374. The Great Wall of China, Huairou, China is located at China country in the Monuments place category with the gps coordinates of 40° 25' 54.8688'' N and 116° 34' 13.3464'' E.
Country | China |
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Latitude | 40.431908 |
Longitude | 116.570374 |
DMS Lat | 40° 25' 54.8688'' N |
DMS Long | 116° 34' 13.3464'' E |
UTM Easting | 463,559.30 |
UTM Northing | 4,475,785.18 |
Category | Monuments |
Country Code | CN |
Zoom Level | 6 |
Coordinates of The Great Wall of China, Huairou, China is given above in both decimal degrees and DMS (degrees, minutes and seconds) format. The country code given is in the ISO2 format.
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Recent Comments
How wide is the widest part of the Great Wall?
This article has been so helpful but a couple things could be added, I am going to go visit a cousin in China and he lives by The Wall but I needed the longitude and latitude coordinates! Thank you!
Can you also add to this article what inlet The Wall starts on?
Is it in any way possible to add the BEGINNING point of The Wall (longitude and latitude) and the ENDING point (longitude and latitude) to this article?