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Shanan Destination Guide

Touring Shanan in China

Shanan in the region of Shaanxi is located in China - some 512 mi or ( 823 km ) South-West of Beijing , the country's capital city .

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Time in Shanan is now 05:45 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Chongqing " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Zhengzhou, Yuxia, Yinchuan, Xiaoyi, and Xianyang. Being here already, consider visiting Zhengzhou . Check out our recommendations for Shanan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Dali County

Dali County is a county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Dali County is a county in Weinan city of Shaanxi Province in China. It covers 1766 square kilometers. The population in 2002 was 690 thousand. Its economy focuses on agriculture, mainly yielding cotton and fruits, such as watermelon. Dali was a county dated back to Qin Dynasty. It used to be named as Linjin, Dali, Wuxiang, Fengyi, Tongzhou, etc.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.78 109.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: County-level divisions of Shaanxi, Weinan

Dali (fossil)

The Dali Skull, or Dali Man (大荔人), is a nearly complete fossilized skull, probably representing an early form of Archaic Homo sapiens which lived in the Late Middle Pleistocene period. It was discovered by Shuntang Liu in 1978 in Dali County in the Shaanxi Province of China. The dating of the skull has been a subject of debate.

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Located at 34.87 109.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Hominin fossils, Human remains (archaeological), Specific fossil specimens