Shapotou

Shapotou District is a district of , , China, noted for the Tengger Desert, and bordering to the north and province to the west.
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  • City with about 400,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,680 metres (5,520 feet)
  • Description: district of China
  • Also known as
    “Chung-wei Hsien”
    “Shapotou District”
    “Shapotou Qu”
    “Shapotou, Zhongwei”
    “Zhongwei Xian”

Places of Interest

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Railway station
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Places in the Area

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is a prefecture-level city of , People's Republic of China.
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Latitude
37.5157° or 37° 30′ 56″ north
Longitude
105.1685° or 105° 10′ 6″ east
Open location code
8P97G589+79
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Shapotou” goes by many names.
Shapotou barrutiaBasque
Shapotou QuCebuano
Shāpōtóu QūChinese
沙坡头Chinese
沙坡头区Chinese
沙坡頭區Chinese
ShapotouDutch
沙坡头区Gan Chinese
Distretto di ShapotouItalian
中衛県Japanese
沙坡頭区Japanese
사포터우구Korean
ഷാപോടൗ ജില്ലMalayalam
Sa-pho-thâu-khuMin Nan Chinese
ShapotouNorwegian
ShapotouNorwegian Bokmål
ШапотоуRussian
ShapotouSwedish
شاپوٹو، ژونگ وئیUrdu
Sa Pha ĐầuVietnamese
Ardal ShapotouWelsh
沙坡头区Wu Chinese
沙坡頭區Yue Chinese

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