Shangguan
Shangguan is a town in Xinzhou, Shanxi and has about 66,000 residents and an elevation of 878 metres. Shangguan is situated nearby to the village Xinanjie, as well as near Dongnanjie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 66,000 residents
- Description: town in Dai County, Xinzhou
- Also known as: “Dai Xian”, “Daixian”, “Daysyan’”, “Shangguan Town”, “Shangguan Zhen”, “Tai”, “Tai-ch’eng”, “Tai-hsien”, “Tai-hsien-ch’eng”, “Taichow”, “上馆”, and “代县”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bianjing Drum Tower and Ayuwang Pagoda.
Bianjing Drum Tower
Building
Photo: Redpipe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bianjing Drum Tower, also known as the Bianjing Pavilion and by its Chinese name as the Bianjing Lou, is a drum tower in Shangguan, the seat of Dai County, Xinzhou Prefecture, Shanxi, in the People's Republic of China.
Ayuwang Pagoda
Tower
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ayuwang or Ashoka Pagoda is a stupa in Dai County in northeast Xinzhou Prefecture in northern Shanxi, China.
Shangguan
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Xinzhou, Shanxi, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.05679° or 39° 3′ 25″ northLongitude
112.94933° or 112° 56′ 58″ eastPopulation
66,000Elevation
878 metres (2,881 feet)Named after
因代县县城旧称上馆城而得名Open location code
8PFJ3W4X+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6658310778OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Shangguan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “上馆镇”
- French: “bourg de Shangguan”
- French: “Bourg de Shangguan”
- Gan Chinese: “上馆镇”
- Japanese: “上館鎮”
- Wu Chinese: “上馆镇”
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