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Discover Gewa in China

Gewa in the region of Anhui Sheng is a town located in China - some 571 mi or ( 920 km ) South of Beijing , the country's capital .

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Local time in Gewa is now 05:17 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Shanghai " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zhenzhou, Zhenjiang, Xiangquan, Wuhu, and Wuhan. When in this area, you might want to check out Zhenzhou . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Gewa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

He County

He County is a district of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of Ma'anshan. It has a population of 650,000 and an area of 1,412 square kilometres . The government of He County is located in Liyang Town. He County has jurisdiction over eleven towns and four townships. Fossils of Homo erectus, a predecessor of modern humans, were excavated from Longtandong cave on the side of Wanjiashan mountain in Hexian between 1980 and 1981.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 31.68 118.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: County-level divisions of Anhui, Paleoanthropological sites

USS Panay (PR-5)

The second USS Panay (PR–5) of the United States Navy was a river gunboat that served on the Yangtze Patrol in China until sunk by Japanese aircraft on 12 December 1937 on the Yangtze River. The vessel was built by Kiangnan Dockyard and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China, and launched on 10 November 1927. She was sponsored by Mrs. Ellis S. Stone and commissioned on 10 September 1928, with Lieutenant Commander James Mackey Lewis in command.

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Located at 31.69 118.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: 1927 ships, Gunboats of the United States Navy, Ships built in China, Ships sunk by aircraft, Shipwrecks in rivers, World War II patrol vessels of the United States