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Length of the wall : 6,352 km (3,948 miles),

The Ming Dynasty Great Wall starts on the eastern end at Shanhai Pass, near Qinhuangdao, in Hebei Province, next to Bohai Gulf. Spanning nine provinces and 100 counties, the final 500 km (~300 mi) have all but turned to rubble, and today it ends on the western end at the historic site of Jiayuguan Pass (also called Jiayu Pass) (嘉峪关), located in northwest Gansu Province at the limit of the Gobi Desert and the oases of the Silk Road. Jiayuguan Pass was intended to greet travelers along the Silk Road. Even though The Great Wall ends at Jiayu Pass, there are many watchtowers (烽火台 fēng huǒ tái) extending beyond Jiayu Pass along the Silk Road. These towers communicated by smoke to signal invasion.

2006-07-18 16:52:33 · answer #1 · answered by Stupid Fool 1 · 0 1

Well... There are several parts to the great wall.
From: Travelchinaguide.com:
The Great Wall, extensive bulwark erected in ancient China, is one of the largest building-construction projects ever carried out, running (with all its branches) about 4,500 miles (7,300 km) east to west from Shanhaiguan Pass near Bo Hai (Gulf of Bohai) to Jisayuguan Pass (in modern Gansu province) traversing Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu. Without its branches and other secondary sections, the wall extends for some 4,160 miles (6,700 km), often tracing the crestlines of hills and mountains as it snakes across the Chinese countryside.

Parts of the longest section have been repaired and are popular tourist areas near Beijing. Parts have almost disappeared, since they were constructed from adobe-like material. And, no, the Great Wall can not be seen from the moon or even from a satellite without using a telescope or something. It is only a few yards wide.

;-D The link has lots of views. Take a look!

2006-07-18 17:07:28 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 1 0

The Wall stretches over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between "China proper" and Manchuria, to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

2006-07-18 16:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by dragonsword735 1 · 0 0

the full WALL isn't any doubt the most important artifical CULTURAL RELICS interior the international. On April 18 in 2009, the dimensions of the full Wall of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) replaced into presented after an finished analyze. it really is 8,851.8 km (5,500 miles) lengthy from Hushan large Wall in Liaoning and Jiayuguan bypass in Gansu. The wall in Beijing measures over 550 km (342 miles) lengthy. the full Wall isn't any doubt the most important artifical cultural relics interior the international. the full Wall isn't any doubt the most important artifical cultural relics interior the international. in accordance to the recent documents, it passes 156 counties in ten cities or provinces at the same time with Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanxi, inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai. The Ming Dynasty large Wall is composed of 723 beacon towers, 7,062 lookout towers, 3,357 wall platforms and one million,026 different ruins.

2016-12-10 11:42:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

4 thousand miles, it would cover the distance from the FL keys to the Artic Circle or is it the No Pole, I forget, just search it for crying out loud

2006-07-18 16:54:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

i do not know but I know its a fact that its the only man made structure that you can see from the moon1

2006-07-18 16:50:20 · answer #6 · answered by Gweedo8 2 · 0 0

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