Jing–Hang Grand Canal
The Grand Canal is in China, an engineering work comparable to the Great Wall. Like the Wall, it is very old and parts of it were built by different dynasties.
- Type: Canal
- Description: longest canal or artificial river in the world located in China
- Also known as: “Along the Grand Canal”, “Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal”, “Canal de Bian”, “Carski kanal”, “Den keiserlige kanal”, “Den store kanal”, “Den store kinesiske kanal”, “Didysis kanalas”, “Gran Canal Beijing-Hangzhou”, “Gran Canal de la Xina”, “Gran Canale della Cina”, “Gran Canale Jing-Hang”, “Grand Canal”, “Grand Canal de Chine”, “Grand Canal impérial”, “Groot Kanaal”, “Groot Kanaal Beijing-Hangzhou”, “Groot Kanaal van China”, “Großer Kanal”, “Großer Transportfluss”, “Grote Kanaal van China”, “Jīng-Háng Dà Yùnhé”, “Kanal Besar Tiongkok”, “Keizerskanaal”, “Kejsarkanalen”, “Kênh Đại vận hà”, “Kiinan Suuri kanaali”, “Kinas Store kanal”, “Stora kanalen i Kina”, “Stora kanalen Kina”, “The Grand Canal”, “Veliki kanal Kine”, “Великий китайский канал”, “Голем Кинески Канал”, “Голям китайски канал”, “התעלה הגדולה של סין”, “آبراهٔ بزرگ چین”, “ابراه بزرگ چین”, “ابراهٔ بزرگ چین”, “القناة الكبرى”, “القناة الكبرى في الصين”, “قناة الصين الكبرى”, “قناة بكين – هانغجتشو الكبرى”, “کانال بزرگ چین”, “ต้า-ยฺวิ่นเหอ”, “경항대운하”, and “ター運河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sanbao and Yudao.
Yudao
Railway station
Hangzhou Mosque
Mosque
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hangzhou and Sijiqing.
Jing–Hang Grand Canal
- Categories: architectural ensemble and body of water
- Location: Zhejiang, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.26139° or 30° 15′ 41″ north
Longitude
120.22389° or 120° 13′ 26″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8Q22766F+HH
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jing–Hang Grand Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القناة الصينية الكبرى”
- Armenian: “Չինական մեծ ջրանցք”
- Asturian: “Gran Canal de China”
- Basque: “Kanal Handia (Txina)”
- Basque: “Kanal Handia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі канал Кітая”
- Bengali: “চীনের মহাখাল”
- Bengali: “চীনের মহাখালের ধারে”
- Bulgarian: “Велик китайски канал”
- Burmese: “မဟာတူးမြောင်း”
- Catalan: “Gran Canal”
- Cebuano: “Grand Canal”
- Central Bikol: “Grand Canal (Tsina)”
- Central Bikol: “Grand Canal”
- Chinese: “京杭大運河”
- Chinese: “京杭大運河沿線”
- Chinese: “大运河”
- Chinese: “大運河”
- Croatian: “Veliki kanal”
- Czech: “Velký kanál”
- Danish: “Kejserkanalen”
- Dutch: “Grote Kanaal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القناه الصينيه الكبرى”
- Esperanto: “Granda Kanalo de Ĉinio”
- Estonian: “Suur Hiina kanal”
- Finnish: “Keisarinkanava”
- French: “Grand Canal”
- Galician: “Gran Canal da China”
- Georgian: “ჩინეთის დიდი არხი”
- German: “Kaiserkanal”
- Greek: “Μεγάλο κανάλι”
- Hausa: “Babbar Canal (China)”
- Hausa: “Babbar Hanyar Ruwa”
- Hebrew: “התעלה הגדולה”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-csatorna”
- Icelandic: “Mikli skurður”
- Icelandic: “Mikliskurður”
- Indonesian: “Terusan Besar Tiongkok”
- Italian: “Gran Canale”
- Japanese: “大運河”
- Kannada: “ಗ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಕಾಲುವೆ(ಚೀನಾ)”
- Kazakh: “Ұлы Канал”
- Korean: “대운하”
- Kurdish: “Kanala Mezin a Çînê”
- Latvian: “Lielais Ķīnas kanāls”
- Literary Chinese: “大運河”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Kinijos kanalas”
- Macedonian: “Голем Канал”
- Malay: “Terusan Besar China”
- Maltese: “Kanal il-Kbir”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Toā Ūn-hô”
- Mongolian: “Их суваг (Хятад)”
- Mongolian: “Их суваг”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Keiserkanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keisarkanalen”
- Norwegian: “Keiserkanalen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Canal”
- Persian: “آبراه بزرگ چین”
- Polish: “Wielki Kanał”
- Portuguese: “Grande Canal da China”
- Romanian: “Marele Canal, China”
- Romanian: “Marele Canal”
- Russian: “Великий канал”
- Serbian: “Велики канал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki kineski kanal”
- Slovak: “Veľký kanál”
- Slovenian: “Veliki prekop”
- Spanish: “Gran Canal de China”
- Swedish: “Stora kanalen”
- Tamil: “சீனப் பெரும் கால்வாய்”
- Tatar: “Бөек канал”
- Thai: “คลองใหญ่”
- Turkish: “Büyük Çin Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Великий китайський канал”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ کینال (چین)”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ کینال”
- Uzbek: “Buyuk kanal”
- Vietnamese: “Đại Vận Hà”
- Welsh: “Camlas Grand”
- Wu Chinese: “大运河”
- Yue Chinese: “大運河”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sibu and Fengbei.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hangzhou East Railway Station and Hangzhou Railway Station.
Zhejiang: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Hangzhou and Ningbo.
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