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Gedi Destination Guide

Discover Gedi in China

Gedi in the region of Sichuan is a town located in China - some 1,252 mi or ( 2015 km ) South-West of Beijing , the country's capital .

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Local time in Gedi is now 02:00 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Chongqing " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zhongxin, Yuanma, Yongding, Yongbei, and Renhe. When in this area, you might want to check out Zhongxin . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Gedi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Panzhihua Bao'anying Airport

Panzhihua Baoanying Airport is the airport serving Panzhihua, Sichuan province, People’s Republic of China. The airport opened in December 2003. Construction of the airport began in 2000 and cost a total of 1.1 billion yuan. However the airport closed on June 2012 due to the landslide.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 26.54 101.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Airports in Sichuan

Renhe District

Renhe District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Panzhihua city.

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Located at 26.50 101.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: County-level divisions of Sichuan

Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster

The Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster was a mining accident which happened on 29 August 2012 at the Xiaojiawan coal mine (Chinese: 肖家湾煤矿), located in Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China. It was the deadliest mine accident since the 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion. As a result of a gas explosion in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, at least 45 miners were killed and 1 was still missing as of September 2. 51 were sent to hospital with seven in critical condition.

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Located at 26.58 101.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 28 km away
Tags: 2012 in China, 2012 industrial disasters, 2012 mining disasters, Coal mining disasters in China, History of Sichuan, Panzhihua