Yinxu

Yinxu is a Chinese archeological site corresponding to Yin, the final capital of the Shang dynasty. Located in present-day , Henan, Yin served as the capital during the Late Shang period which spanned the reigns of 12 Shang kings and saw the emergence of oracle bone script, the earliest known Chinese writing.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archeological site of the last capital of China’s Shang dynasty
  • Also known as: archaeological site of Yin Xu”, “Ruins of Yin”, “Yin Ruins”, “Yin Xu”, and “Yin-hsü

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tomb of Fu Hao and Anyang, Henan Northeast Airport.

Archaeological site
The lies within Yinxu, the site of the Late Shang capital, within the modern city of in , China. The tomb was discovered in 1976 by Zheng Zhenxiang and excavated by the Anyang Working Team of the Archaeological Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who designated the tomb as M5. is situated 2½ km southeast of Yinxu.

Aerodrome
Anyang Airport is a military airport in the city of in Henan Province, China. is situated 3½ km east of Yinxu.

Museum
is situated 3 km southeast of Yinxu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xijiao and Meiyuanzhuang Subdistrict.

Town
Township is a township in Yindu District, , , . It is divided into Wangyukou Community, Xiliang Village, Dongliang Village, Wangshao Village, Nanliusi Village, Beiliusi Village, Guoliusi Village, Shiche Village, Pianjiazhuang Village…

Suburb
Meiyuanzhuang Subdstrict is a subdistrict of Yindu District. It is divided into Meiyuan Community, Gangsiqu Community, Gangwuqu Community, Gangliuqu Community, Fulilu Community, Ganghualu Community, Gangsilu Community, Gangerlu Community, Guoyuan Community, Beixinzhuang Community and Dongfeng Community. is situated 3 km south of Yinxu.

Yinxu

Latitude
36.1409° or 36° 8′ 27″ north
Longitude
114.30343° or 114° 18′ 12″ east
Elevation
83 metres (272 feet)
Open location code
8P8P48R3+99
Geo­Names ID
1786489
Wiki­data ID
Q464904
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Yinxu” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Յինսյուն, Յինի ավերակներ
  • Asturian: Yin Xu
  • Basque: Yin Xu
  • Basque: Yinxu
  • Bulgarian: Инсю
  • Catalan: Yin Xu
  • Central Kurdish: ینسو
  • Chinese: 安阳殷墟
  • Chinese: 殷墟
  • Chinese: 殷墟宫殿宗庙遗址
  • Chinese: 殷墟文化
  • Chinese: 殷墟遗址
  • Chinese: 殷虚
  • Chinese: 殷虚遗址
  • Croatian: Yanshi
  • Croatian: Yin Xu
  • Czech: Jin Sü
  • Czech: Jin-sü
  • Dutch: Yin Xu
  • Dutch: Yinxu
  • Finnish: Yinxu
  • French: Yin Xu
  • French: Yinxu
  • Galician: Yin Xu
  • Georgian: ინსიუ
  • German: Yin Xu
  • German: Yinxu
  • Greek: Γινσού
  • Hebrew: יין שו
  • Hindi: यिंग्शू
  • Hindi: यिन के खंडहर
  • Hindi: यिन्क्सू
  • Indonesian: Yinxu
  • Italian: Yin Xu
  • Japanese: 殷墟
  • Japanese: 殷虚
  • Kazakh: Йіншүй
  • Korean: 은허
  • Literary Chinese: 殷墟
  • Lithuanian: Insu
  • Macedonian: Јиншју
  • Malagasy: Yinxu
  • Malayalam: യിൻക്ഷു
  • Maltese: Yin Xu
  • Maltese: Yinxu
  • Mingrelian: ინსიუ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yinxu
  • Norwegian: Yinxu
  • Panjabi: ਯਿੰਕਸੂ
  • Persian: یین
  • Polish: Yin Xu
  • Polish: Yinxu
  • Portuguese: Yin Xu
  • Romanian: Yin Xu
  • Russian: Иньсюй
  • Serbo-Croatian: Yin Xu
  • Serbo-Croatian: Yinxu
  • Slovak: Jin-sü
  • Slovenian: Jinšu
  • Spanish: Yin Xu
  • Spanish: Yin
  • Spanish: Yinxu
  • Swedish: Yin Xu
  • Swedish: Yinxu
  • Thai: อินซฺวี
  • Turkish: Yinxu
  • Ukrainian: Аньян
  • Ukrainian: Іньсюй
  • Ukrainian: Їньсюй
  • Urdu: ینشو
  • Vietnamese: Ân Khư
  • Yue Chinese: 殷墟

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