Sangiran
Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia. According to a UNESCO report "Sangiran is recognized by scientists to be one of the most important sites in the world for studying fossil man, ranking alongside Zhoukoudian, Willandra Lakes, Olduvai Gorge, and Sterkfontein, and more fruitful in finds than any of these." The area comprises about 56 km2.Photo: Gerbil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Krendowahono and Tuban.
Sangiran
- Type: Locality
- Description: archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia
- Categories: archaeological site and cultural property
- Location: Sragen, Surakarta, Central Java, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sangiran” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سانغيران”
- Armenian: “Սանգիրան”
- Balinese: “Sangiran”
- Catalan: “Sangiran”
- Chinese: “桑义兰”
- Chinese: “桑义兰早期人类遗址”
- Chinese: “桑義蘭”
- Chinese: “桑義蘭早期人類遺址”
- Croatian: “Sangiran”
- Czech: “Sangiran”
- Dotyali: “सङ्गिरण प्रारम्भिक मानव क्षेत्र”
- Dutch: “Sangiran”
- Finnish: “Sangiran”
- French: “Sangiran”
- French: “site des premiers hommes de Sangiran”
- French: “Site des premiers hommes de Sangiran”
- Galician: “Sangiran”
- Georgian: “სანგირანი”
- German: “Sangiran”
- Hebrew: “סנגיראן”
- Indonesian: “Sangiran”
- Italian: “Sangiran”
- Japanese: “サンギラン初期人類遺跡”
- Javanese: “Sangiran”
- Lithuanian: “Sangiranas”
- Maithili: “सङ्गिरण प्रारम्भिक मानव क्षेत्र”
- Malayalam: “സങ്ഗിറാൻ”
- Maltese: “Sangiran”
- Mongolian: “Сангиран”
- Nepali: “सङ्गिरण प्रारम्भिक मानव क्षेत्र”
- Persian: “سانگیران”
- Polish: “Sangiran”
- Portuguese: “Sangiran”
- Portuguese: “Sítio dos Primeiros Homens de Sangiran”
- Russian: “Сангиран”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sangiran”
- Slovak: “Sangiran”
- Slovenian: “Paleontološko najdišče v Sangiranu”
- Spanish: “Sangiran”
- Spanish: “Sitio de los primeros hombres de Sangiran”
- Swedish: “Sangiran”
- Tamil: “சஙீரான்”
- Thai: “ซางีรัน”
- Turkish: “Sangiran”
- Ukrainian: “Сангіран”
- Vietnamese: “Sangiran”
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