Zhoukoudian

Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, also romanized as Choukoutien, is a in suburban Fangshan District, . It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, and a fine assemblage of bones of the giant short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: archeological site
  • Also known as: “Chou k’ou tien”, “Chou k’ou-tien”, “Chou K’ou-tien”, “Chou Kou Tien”, “Chou-k’ou-tien”, “Choukoutien”, “Czoukoutien”, “Czu-ku-tien”, “Site de l’homme de Pékin à Zhoukoudian”, “Sítio do Homem de Pequim”, “Sítio do Homem de Pequim em Zhoukoudian”, “Zhōukǒudiàn”, “Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site”, “Zhoukoudian site”, “Zhoukoudian Site”, “Zhoukoudian yizhi”, and “주구점”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Zhoukoudian.

Railway station
Photo: David290, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 420 metres southeast of Zhoukoudian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhoukoudian and Yingfeng.

Town
Town is a town on the east Fangshan District, , China.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the eastern portion of Fangshan District, , China. is situated 4½ km northeast of Zhoukoudian.

Suburb
is a subdistrict in Fangshan District, , China. is situated 6 km northeast of Zhoukoudian.

Zhoukoudian

Latitude
39.68906° or 39° 41′ 21″ north
Longitude
115.92384° or 115° 55′ 26″ east
Open location code
8PFQMWQF+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 606993597
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q499552
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Zhoukoudian” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Basque: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Bulgarian: “Джоукоудиен”
  • Bulgarian: “Джоукоудян”
  • Catalan: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Chinese: “周口店北京人遗址”
  • Chinese: “周口店遗址”
  • Croatian: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Czech: “Čou-kchou-tien”
  • Danish: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Dutch: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زوكوديان”
  • Esperanto: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Finnish: “Zhoukoudian”
  • French: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Galician: “Zhoukoudian”
  • German: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ואוקואודיין”
  • Indonesian: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Irish: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Italian: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Japanese: “周口店”
  • Japanese: “周口店の北京原人遺跡”
  • Korean: “저우커우뎬”
  • Lithuanian: “Džoukoudiano urvas”
  • Malay: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Maltese: “Sit tar-Raġel ta‘ Peking f’Zhoukoudian”
  • Maltese: “Sit tar-Raġel ta’ Peking f’Zhoukoudian”
  • Nepali: “झौकोउदियान”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Norwegian: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Persian: “زوکودیان”
  • Polish: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Portuguese: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Russian: “Чжоукоудянь”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Slovak: “Čou-kchou-tien”
  • Slovenian: “Džoukoudian - najdišče pekinškega človeka”
  • Slovenian: “Džovkovdjan - najdišče pekinškega človeka”
  • Spanish: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Swedish: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Thai: “แหล่งขุดค้นทางโบราณคดีมนุษย์ปักกิ่ง โจวโข่วเตี้ยน”
  • Turkish: “Zhoukoudian”
  • Ukrainian: “Чжоукоудянь”
  • Urdu: “ژؤکؤدیان”
  • Vietnamese: “Di chỉ người Bắc Kinh tại Chu Khẩu Điếm”
  • Wu Chinese: “周口店北京人遗址”
  • Yue Chinese: “周口店北京人遺址”

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