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Great Wall of China at Huanghuacheng ranks #8,836 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #91 of the 103 mapped in China. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Beijing, 57 km away. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
The Great Wall of China at Huanghuacheng is a Ming dynasty section of the Great Wall located within Huanghuacheng village, Jiudaohe town, Huairou district, Beijing, People's Republic of China; it is over ten kilometres long and has 44 enemy towers and 6 forts in all. In the Yuan dynasty there was a chiliarchy here, and in the Ming dynasty an assistant commander was garrisoned here. The passes of the Great Wall at Huanghuacheng were built during the Yongle, Zhengde and Jiajing eras.
Machine-translated from “黄花城长城” on the Chinese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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