Shouyan
Shouyan is a town in Yongzhou, Hunan. Shouyan is situated nearby to the village Baishizhai, as well as near Xinpu.Places of Interest
Highlights include Yuchanyan Neolithic cave site.
Yuchanyan Neolithic cave site
Cave
Yuchanyan is an early Neolithic cave site in Dao County, Hunan, China. The site yielded sherds of ceramic vessels and other artifacts which were dated by analysis of charcoal and bone collagen, giving a date range of 17,500 to 18,300 years old for the pottery. Yuchanyan Neolithic cave site is situated 3 km northwest of Shouyan.
Shouyan
- Type: Town
- Also known as: “Shou-yen-hsü”, “Shouyan Town”, “Shouyanxu”, and “寿雁”
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Yongzhou, Hunan, South-central China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.5825° or 25° 34′ 57″ northLongitude
111.49589° or 111° 29′ 45″ eastElevation
202 metres (663 feet)Open location code
7PQHHFMW+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 244085201OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Shouyan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shouyanzhen”
- Chinese: “Shòuyàn Zhèn”
- Chinese: “寿雁镇”
- French: “bourg de Shouyan”
- French: “Bourg de Shouyan”
- Gan Chinese: “寿雁镇”
- Japanese: “寿雁鎮”
- Swedish: “Shouyanzhen”
- Vietnamese: “Thọ Nhạn”
- Wu Chinese: “寿雁镇”
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