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Lao-pei-kou Destination Guide

Touring Lao-pei-kou in China

Lao-pei-kou in the region of Inner Mongolia is a city located in China - some 164 mi or ( 265 km ) North of Beijing , the country's capital city .

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Time in Lao-pei-kou is now 08:27 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Shanghai " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Xinzhou, Tianjin, Beijing, Yingshouyingzi, and Xiwanzi. Being here already, consider visiting Xinzhou . Check out our recommendations for Lao-pei-kou ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.

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Interesting facts about this location

Shangdu

Shangdu), also known as Xanadu, was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty in China, before he decided to move the seat of his dynasty to the Jin Dynasty capital of Zhōngdū, which he renamed Dàdū, present-day Beijing. Xanadu was visited by the Venetian traveller Marco Polo in about 1275, and in 1797 inspired a famous poem, Kubla Khan, by one of the leading English poets of the Romanticism movement, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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Located at 42.36 116.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Ancient cities, Former populated places in China, History of Inner Mongolia, Mongol Empire, World Heritage Sites in China, Yuan Dynasty

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