Nanwei
Nanwei is a town in Shanxi, North China. Nanwei is situated nearby to the hamlet Taoyuan, as well as near Fengxi.Places of Interest
Highlights include City God Temple and Yongle Palace.
Yongle Palace
Place of worship
Photo: Halazhang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yongle Gong is a historic Taoist temple complex in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province, notable for its Yuan dynasty murals. Built over a period of 128 years between 1240 and 1358 and dedicated to the Taoist saint of Lü Dongbin, the temple was originally located in Yongle Town some 15 miles west of its current site. Yongle Palace is situated 3½ km northwest of Nanwei.
Nanwei
- Type: Town
- Also known as: “Nanwei Xiang”
- Category: locality
- Location: Shanxi, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.7005° or 34° 42′ 2″ northLongitude
110.7173° or 110° 43′ 2″ eastElevation
505 metres (1,657 feet)Open location code
8P6GPP28+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 8282683595OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8742504
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In Other Languages
“Nanwei” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Nánwéi Zhèn”
- Chinese: “南卫”
- Chinese: “南卫乡”
- Chinese: “南硙镇”
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