Jing–Hang Grand Canal
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- 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”, “Grand Canal”, “Jīng-Háng Dà Yùnhé”, and “The Grand Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanbao and Yudao.
Sanbao
Metro station
Sanbao is a metro station of Line 6 and Line 9 of the Hangzhou Metro in China. It is located in Shangcheng District of Hangzhou. The Line 6 part of the station was opened on 6 November 2021. The Line 9 part was opened on 1 April 2022.
Yudao
Railway station
Photo: MasaneMiyaPA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yudao is a metro station of Line 9 and Line 19 of the Hangzhou Metro in China. It is located in Shangcheng District of Hangzhou. The part of Line 9 was opened on 1 April 2022. The part of Line 19 was opened on 22 September 2022.
Hangzhou Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Simon Wade, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hangzhou Mosque is a mosque located in Hangzhou, in the Zhejiang province of China. The Hangzhou Mosque is one of the largest mosques in China and is administered by the Hangzhou Islamic Society.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hangzhou and Xixing.
Hangzhou
Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province. It is one of the most important tourist cities in China, famous for its natural beauty and historical and cultural heritage.
Xixing
Suburb
Photo: MNXANL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xixing is a suburb, which is situated 8 km south of Jing–Hang Grand Canal.
Jing–Hang Grand Canal
- Categories: architectural ensemble and body of water
- Location: Zhejiang, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Jing–Hang Grand Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jing–Hang Grand Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القناة الصينية الكبرى”
- Arabic: “القناة الكبرى في الصين”
- Arabic: “القناة الكبرى”
- Arabic: “قناة الصين الكبرى”
- Arabic: “قناة بكين – هانغجتشو 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”
- Bulgarian: “Голям китайски канал”
- Burmese: “မဟာတူးမြောင်း”
- Catalan: “Gran Canal Beijing-Hangzhou”
- Catalan: “Gran Canal de la Xina”
- Catalan: “Gran Canal”
- Cebuano: “Grand Canal”
- Central Bikol: “Grand Canal (Tsina)”
- Central Bikol: “Grand Canal”
- Chinese: “Toā Ūn-hô”
- Chinese: “京杭大運河”
- Chinese: “京杭大運河沿線”
- Chinese: “大运河”
- Chinese: “大運河”
- Croatian: “Carski kanal”
- Croatian: “Veliki kanal”
- Czech: “Velký kanál”
- Danish: “Kejserkanalen”
- Dutch: “Groot Kanaal Beijing-Hangzhou”
- Dutch: “Groot Kanaal van China”
- Dutch: “Groot Kanaal”
- Dutch: “Grote Kanaal van China”
- Dutch: “Grote Kanaal”
- Dutch: “Keizerskanaal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القناه الصينيه الكبرى”
- Esperanto: “Granda Kanalo de Ĉinio”
- Estonian: “Suur Hiina kanal”
- Finnish: “Keisarinkanava”
- Finnish: “Kiinan Suuri kanaali”
- French: “Canal de Bian”
- French: “Grand Canal de Chine”
- French: “Grand Canal impérial”
- French: “Grand Canal”
- Galician: “Gran Canal da China”
- Galician: “Grande Canal da China”
- Georgian: “ჩინეთის დიდი არხი”
- German: “Großer Kanal”
- German: “Großer Transportfluss”
- German: “Kaiserkanal”
- Greek: “Μεγάλο κανάλι”
- Hausa: “Babbar Canal (China)”
- Hausa: “Babbar Hanyar Ruwa”
- Hebrew: “התעלה הגדולה של סין”
- Hebrew: “התעלה הגדולה”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-csatorna”
- Icelandic: “Mikli skurður”
- Icelandic: “Mikliskurður”
- Indonesian: “Kanal Besar Tiongkok”
- Indonesian: “Terusan Besar Tiongkok”
- Italian: “Gran Canale della Cina”
- Italian: “Gran Canale Jing-Hang”
- Italian: “Gran Canale”
- Japanese: “ター運河”
- Japanese: “大運河”
- Kazakh: “Ұлы Канал”
- Korean: “경항대운하”
- Korean: “대운하”
- Kurdish: “Kanala Mezin a Çînê”
- Latvian: “Lielais Ķīnas kanāls”
- Literary Chinese: “大運河”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis kanalas”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Kinijos kanalas”
- Macedonian: “Голем Канал”
- Macedonian: “Голем Кинески Канал”
- Malay: “Terusan Besar China”
- Maltese: “Kanal il-Kbir”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Toā Ūn-hô”
- Mongolian: “Их суваг (Хятад)”
- Mongolian: “Их суваг”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den keiserlige kanal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den store kanal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den store kinesiske kanal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Keiserkanalen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kinas Store kanal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keisarkanalen”
- Norwegian: “Keiserkanalen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grand Canal”
- Persian: “آبراه بزرگ چین”
- Persian: “آبراهٔ بزرگ چین”
- Persian: “ابراه بزرگ چین”
- Persian: “ابراهٔ بزرگ چین”
- Persian: “کانال بزرگ چین”
- Polish: “Wielki Kanał”
- Portuguese: “Grande Canal da China”
- Romanian: “Marele Canal, China”
- Romanian: “Marele Canal”
- Russian: “Великий канал”
- Russian: “Великий китайский канал”
- Serbian: “Велики канал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki kanal Kine”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki kineski kanal”
- Slovak: “Veľký kanál”
- Slovenian: “Veliki prekop”
- Spanish: “Gran Canal de China”
- Swedish: “Grand Canal”
- Swedish: “Kejsarkanalen”
- Swedish: “Stora kanalen i Kina”
- Swedish: “Stora kanalen Kina”
- Swedish: “Stora kanalen”
- Tamil: “சீனப் பெரும் கால்வாய்”
- Tatar: “Бөек канал”
- Thai: “คลองใหญ่”
- Thai: “ต้า-ยฺวิ่นเหอ”
- Turkish: “Büyük Çin Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Великий китайський канал”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ کینال (چین)”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ کینال”
- Uzbek: “Buyuk kanal”
- Vietnamese: “Đại Vận Hà”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh Đại vận hà”
- Welsh: “Camlas Grand”
- Wu Chinese: “大运河”
- Yue Chinese: “大運河”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sibu and Fengbei.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hangzhou East Railway Station and Hangzhou Railway Station.
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