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Qinhuangdao

China / Hebei / Qinhuangdao /
Qinhuangdao is a port city in northeastern Hebei province of North China. In 215 BC, China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang came here, and sent people into the sea for Immortality, hence the place was named after him. It is the only Chinese city that could named after an emperor.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinhuangdao
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Coordinates:   39°56'18"N   119°33'34"E

Comments

  • waiguoren (guest)
    Beidaihe
  • Leo (guest)
    This is wrong, because Beidaihe is a district of Qinhuangdao City.
  • kkk (guest)
    Qinhuahngdao is the land of the neanderthals