Banpo
Banpo is a Neolithic archaeological site located in the Yellow River valley, east of present-day Xi'an, China. Discovered in 1953 by Shi Xingbang, the site represents the first phase of the Yangshao culture and features the remains of several well organized settlements—including Jiangzhai, which has been radiocarbon dated to c. 4700 – c. 3600 BCE).Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Historical site
- Description: ancient Chinese city
- Also known as: “Banpo Site” and “Banpo Yizhi”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chanhe and Fang 2nd Road.
Chanhe
Metro station
Chanhe station is a station of Line 1 of the Xi'an Metro. It started operations on 15 September 2013. Chanhe is situated 620 metres northwest of Banpo.
Fang 2nd Road
Metro station
Photo: Bob Wehn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fang 2nd Road is a metro station, which is situated 1¼ km east of Banpo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Changlefang and Dongguannanjie.
Changlefang
Suburb
Changlefang Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, Xi'an. Changlefang is situated 7 km west of Banpo.
Dongguannanjie
Suburb
Dongguannanjie Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, Xi'an. Dongguannanjie is situated 7 km west of Banpo.
Baishulin
Suburb
Baishulin Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, Xi'an. Baishulin is situated 8 km west of Banpo.
Banpo
- Categories: city, archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Xi’an, Shaanxi, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Banpo” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բանպո”
- Asturian: “Banpo”
- Bulgarian: “Банбо”
- Catalan: “Jaciment arqueològic de Banpo”
- Cebuano: “Banbo”
- Chinese: “半坡”
- Chinese: “半坡村”
- Chinese: “半坡遗址”
- Chinese: “半坡遺址”
- Dutch: “Banpo”
- Esperanto: “Banpo”
- Esperanto: “Bànpō”
- Finnish: “Banpo”
- French: “Banpo”
- German: “Banpo-Siedlung”
- German: “Banpocun”
- Indonesian: “Banpo”
- Italian: “Banpo”
- Japanese: “半坡遺跡”
- Korean: “반파 유적”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Banpo”
- Norwegian: “Banpo”
- Persian: “بانپو”
- Polish: “Banpo”
- Portuguese: “Banpo”
- Russian: “Баньпо”
- Spanish: “Banpo”
- Spanish: “Fase Banpo”
- Swedish: “Banpo”
- Turkish: “Banpo”
- Vietnamese: “Di chỉ Bán Pha”
- Yue Chinese: “半坡遺址”
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