Jiayuguan
Jiayu Pass or Jiayuguan is the first frontier fortress at the west end of the Ming dynasty Great Wall, near the city of Jiayuguan in Gansu province. Along with Juyong Pass and Shanhai Pass, it is one of the main passes of the Great Wall.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: mountain pass in China
- Also known as: “Great Wall at the Jiayu Pass”, “Jiayu Guan”, “Jiayu Pass”, “Jiayu-Pass”, “Jiayuguan-Pass”, “Jiayuguanpasset”, “Pas Jiayu”, “Paso de Jiayuguan”, “Ťia-jü”, “מעבר ג’יה-יו‘”, “معبر جيايوقوان”, “자위관”, “嘉峪关关城”, “天下第一雄关”, and “長城嘉峪關”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yuquan.
Yuquan
Town
Yuquan is a town in Jiayuguan City, Gansu province, China. As of 2020, it administers the following three villages:…
Jiayuguan
- Categories: mountain pass, cultural heritage of China, Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Jiayuguan, Gansu, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.80219° or 39° 48′ 8″ north
Longitude
98.21738° or 98° 13′ 3″ east
Open location code
8MFWR628+VX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jiayuguan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جيايوقوان”
- Asturian: “Pasu Jiayu”
- Basque: “Jiayu pasabidea”
- Basque: “Jiayuguan pasabidea”
- Catalan: “Pas de Jiayu”
- Chinese: “嘉峪关”
- Chinese: “嘉峪關”
- Czech: “průsmyk Ťia-jü”
- Czech: “Průsmyk Ťia-jü”
- Dutch: “Fort bij Jiayuguan”
- Dutch: “Jiayuguan”
- French: “Fort de Jiayuguan”
- French: “Jiayuguan”
- German: “Jiayuguan”
- Hebrew: “ג’יה-יו’גוואן”
- Italian: “Passo Jiayu”
- Japanese: “嘉峪関”
- Kannada: “ಜಿಯಾಯು ಪಾಸ್”
- Korean: “가욕관”
- Manchu: “ᠰᠠᡳᠨ ᡥᠣᠯᠣ ᡶᡠᡵᡩᠠᠨ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jiayuguan”
- Norwegian: “Jiayuguan”
- Persian: “گذرگاه جیایو”
- Polish: “Jiayuguan”
- Russian: “Застава Цзяюй”
- Slovenian: “Prelaz Džjaju”
- Spanish: “Paso Jiayu”
- Swedish: “Jiayupasset”
- Tamil: “ஜியாயு கணவாய்”
- Thai: “ด่านเจียยฺวี่”
- Turkish: “Jiayu Geçidi”
- Ukrainian: “Цзяюйгуань”
- Vietnamese: “Gia Dục quan”
- Wu Chinese: “嘉峪关”
- Yue Chinese: “嘉峪關”
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