NW China
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Tongwancheng

Tongwancheng was the capital of the Xiongnu-led Hu Xia dynasty in northern during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in the early 5th century. The city is at the southern edge of the Maowusu Sands of the Ordos Desert, on what was formerly a strategic site in the center of the Ordos Plateau.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ruined city in China
  • Also known as: “Tongwan” and “Tongwancheng City Ruins”

Tongwancheng

Latitude
38.00047° or 38° 0′ 2″ north
Longitude
108.85151° or 108° 51′ 5″ east
Open location code
8PCC2V22+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 470729772
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q897898
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Tongwancheng” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Tongwan”
  • Chinese: “統萬城”
  • Chinese: “统万”
  • Chinese: “统万城”
  • Chinese: “统万城遗址”
  • Dutch: “Tongwancheng”
  • Esperanto: “Tongwancheng”
  • French: “Tongwancheng”
  • German: “Tongwancheng”
  • Hungarian: “Tungvancseng”
  • Japanese: “統万城”
  • Slovenian: “Tongvančeng”
  • Spanish: “Tongwancheng”
  • Turkish: “Tongwancheng”
  • Wu Chinese: “统万城”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tongwancheng”. Photo: Cong, CC BY-SA 3.0.