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.
- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (270 feet)
- Description: archeological site
- Also known as“Zhoukoudian”“Zhoukoudian Site”“Zhoukoudian Zhen”“周口店村”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zhoukoudian.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhoukoudian and Yingfeng.
Zhoukoudian
Town
Zhoukoudian Town is a town on the east Fangshan District, Beijing, China.
Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site
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Latitude
39.68451° or 39° 41′ 4″ north
Longitude
115.93935° or 115° 56′ 22″ east
Open location code
8PFQMWMQ+RP
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OpenStreetMap 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: “Zhōukǒudiàn”
- Catalan: “周口店”
- Chinese: “周口店”
- Chinese: “周口店北京人遗址”
- 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: “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: “Zhoukoudian”
- Nepali: “झौकोउदियान”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chou K’ou-tien”
- 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: “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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 周口店文化广场 and 周口店人民公园.
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