NW China
Shaanxi
Xi’an

Banpo

Banpo is a Neolithic archaeological site located in the Yellow River valley, east of present-day , 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 , which has been radiocarbon dated to c. 4700 – c. 3600 BCE).
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: ancient Chinese city
  • Also known as: “Banpo Museum”, “Banpo Site”, and “Banpo Yizhi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chanhe and Fang 2nd Road.

Metro station
station is a station of Line 1 of the Xi'an Metro. It started operations on 15 September 2013. is situated 800 metres west of Banpo.

Metro station
Photo: Bob Wehn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a metro station, which is situated 1 km east of Banpo.

Metro station
Photo: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
station is a cross-platform interchange station of Line 1, Line 6 and Line 9 of Xi'an Metro. It started operations on 15 September 2013. is situated 1½ km northeast of Banpo.

Banpo

Latitude
34.27396° or 34° 16′ 26″ north
Longitude
109.04798° or 109° 2′ 53″ east
Elevation
406 metres (1,332 feet)
Open location code
8P6F72FX+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 838033005
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
2001316
Wiki­data ID
Q806929
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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: “半坡博物馆”
  • 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”
  • German: “Banpu Museum”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Banpo”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.