Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site
Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, also romanized as Choukoutien, is a cave system in suburban Fangshan District, Beijing. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, and a fine assemblage of bones of the giant short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: archeological site
- Also known as: “Zhoukoudian”, “Zhoukoudian site”, “Zhoukoudian Site”, and “Zhoukoudian Zhen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zhoukoudian.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhoukoudian and Shilou.
Zhoukoudian
Town
Zhoukoudian Town is a town on the east Fangshan District, Beijing, China. It borders Nanjiao and Fozizhuang Townships to its north, Xiangyang, Chengguan and Yingfeng Subdistricts to its east, Shilou and Hancunhe Towns to its south, and Xiayunling Town to its west.
Shilou
Town
Shilou Town is a town located within Fangshan District, Beijing, China. It borders Chengguan Subdistrict in its north, Doudian Town in its east, Liulihe and Hancunhe Towns in its south, and Zhoukoudian Town in its northwest. Shilou is situated 4½ km southeast of Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site.
Dongfeng
Suburb
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dongfeng Subdistrict is a subdistrict located on the northeastern side of Fangshan District, Beijing, China. It borders Hebei Town to its north, Qinglonghu Town and Chengguan Subdistrict to its east, and Xiangyang Subdistrict to its south and west. Dongfeng is situated 8 km north of Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site.
Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site
- Categories: paleolithic site and locality
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.68451° or 39° 41′ 4″ northLongitude
115.93935° or 115° 56′ 22″ eastElevation
82 metres (269 feet)Open location code
8PFQMWMQ+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 7787040392OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Zhoukoudian”
- Basque: “Zhoukoudian”
- Bulgarian: “Джоукоудиен”
- Bulgarian: “Джоукоудян”
- Catalan: “Chou k’ou tien”
- Catalan: “Chou k’ou-tien”
- Catalan: “Chou-k’ou-tien”
- Catalan: “Zhoukoudian”
- Catalan: “Zhōukǒudiàn”
- Catalan: “周口店”
- Chinese: “周口店”
- Chinese: “周口店北京人遗址”
- Chinese: “周口店北京人遺址”
- Chinese: “周口店遗址”
- Chinese: “周口店镇”
- Croatian: “Zhoukoudian”
- Czech: “Čou-kchou-tien”
- Danish: “Zhoukoudian”
- Dutch: “Zhoukoudian”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زوكوديان”
- Esperanto: “Zhoukoudian”
- Finnish: “Zhoukoudian”
- French: “Choukoutien”
- French: “Site de l’homme de Pékin à Zhoukoudian”
- French: “Zhoukoudian”
- Galician: “Zhoukoudian”
- German: “Chou Kou Tien”
- German: “Choukoutien”
- German: “Zhoukoudian yizhi”
- German: “Zhoukoudian”
- Hebrew: “ג’ואוקואודיין”
- Indonesian: “Zhoukoudian”
- Irish: “Zhoukoudian”
- Italian: “Zhoukoudian”
- Japanese: “周口店”
- Japanese: “周口店の北京原人遺跡”
- Korean: “저우커우뎬”
- Korean: “주구점”
- Lithuanian: “Džoukoudiano urvas”
- Malay: “Zhoukoudian”
- Maltese: “Choukoutien”
- Maltese: “Sit tar-Raġel ta‘ Peking f’Zhoukoudian”
- Maltese: “Sit tar-Raġel ta’ Peking f’Zhoukoudian”
- Maltese: “Zhoukoudian”
- Nepali: “झौकोउदियान”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chou K’ou-tien”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Choukoutien”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zhoukoudian”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zhoukoudian”
- Norwegian: “Zhoukoudian”
- Persian: “زوکودیان”
- Polish: “Czoukoutien”
- Polish: “Czu-ku-tien”
- Polish: “Zhoukoudian”
- Portuguese: “Sítio do Homem de Pequim em Zhoukoudian”
- Portuguese: “Sítio do Homem de Pequim”
- Portuguese: “Zhoukoudian”
- Russian: “Чжоукоудянь”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zhoukoudian”
- Slovak: “Čou-kchou-tien”
- Slovenian: “Džoukoudian - najdišče pekinškega človeka”
- Slovenian: “Džovkovdjan - najdišče pekinškega človeka”
- Spanish: “Chou k’ou tien”
- Spanish: “Chou k’ou-tien”
- Spanish: “Chou-k’ou-tien”
- Spanish: “Zhoukoudian”
- Swedish: “Zhoukoudian”
- Thai: “แหล่งขุดค้นทางโบราณคดีมนุษย์ปักกิ่ง โจวโข่วเตี้ยน”
- Turkish: “Zhoukoudian”
- Ukrainian: “Чжоукоудянь”
- Urdu: “ژؤکؤدیان”
- Vietnamese: “Di chỉ người Bắc Kinh tại Chu Khẩu Điếm”
- Wu Chinese: “周口店北京人遗址”
- Yue Chinese: “周口店北京人遺址”
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