Zhoukoudian
Zhoukoudian Town is a town on the east Fangshan District, Beijing, China. It borders Nanjiao and Fozizhuang Townships to its north, Xiangyang, Chengguan and Yingfeng Subdistricts to its east, Shilou and Hancunhe Towns to its south, and Xiayunling Town to its west.Places of Interest
Highlights include Zhoukoudian and Zhoukoudian.
Zhoukoudian
Museum
Photo: Mutt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, also romanized as Choukoutien, is a cave system in suburban Fangshan District, Beijing. 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shilou and Xiangyang Subdistrict.
Shilou
Town
Shilou Town is a town located within Fangshan District, Beijing, China. It borders Chengguan Subdistrict in its north, Doudian Town in its east, Liulihe and Hancunhe Towns in its south, and Zhoukoudian Town in its northwest. Shilou is situated 4 km southeast of Zhoukoudian.
Xiangyang Subdistrict
Suburb
Xiangyang Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Fangshan District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, it had 19,142 residents under its administration. Xiangyang Subdistrict is situated 5 km northeast of Zhoukoudian.
Yingfeng
Suburb
Yingfeng Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the eastern portion of Fangshan District, Beijing, China. It shares border with Xiangyang Subdistrict in the north, Chengguan Subdistrict in the other three directions, and an exclave of Yingfeng borders Zhoukoudian Town in the west. Yingfeng is situated 5 km north of Zhoukoudian.
Zhoukoudian
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Fangshan, Beijing
- Categories: area of Beijing, town of China, and locality
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.6797° or 39° 40′ 47″ northLongitude
115.94561° or 115° 56′ 44″ eastOpen location code
8PFQMWHW+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 7787028976OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q13659137
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Zhoukoudian” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Zhōukǒudiàn Zhèn”
- Chinese: “周口店”
- Chinese: “周口店地区”
- Chinese: “周口店镇”
- Gan Chinese: “周口店地区”
- Greek: “Τσουκουντιάν”
- Japanese: “周口店地区”
- Urdu: “ژوکودیان”
- Vietnamese: “Chu Khẩu Điếm”
- Wu Chinese: “周口店地区”
- Yue Chinese: “周口店”
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Localities in the Area
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