is the great wall of china 6,352 km ; 3,948 miles OR 6,700 kilometers;4,163 miles?

Question

I have found two main answer for how long the great wall of china is... 6,352 km ; 3,948 miles AND 6,700 kilometers;4,163 miles.

Answer 1

6352

Answer 2

Take your pick. One account puts the length of the wall at over 3,720 miles. Richard Nixon said it was 2,484 miles long, while Time magazine favored 1,684 miles. What is a fact is that the Great Wall of China extends from Kansu in the west to the Yellow Sea in the east. Ancient records reported that at least one million slaves and prisoners of war were used to build this wall. Many laborers died from exhaustion and starvation while working on this colossal task. Their bodies were added to the rubble and masonry as the quickest means of disposal. For centuries, the Wall was known as "the longest cemetery in the world."

Answer 3

The Great Wall is the world's longest man-made structure, stretching over 6,352 km (3,948 miles) from Shanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia

Answer 4

The exact length is not known. It is not continuous, and there are branches. Recent satellite photographs have shown previously unknown portions of the Great Wall in the far west. The Great Wall was built, rebuilt, and extended over hundreds of years. Some parts have been restored (for the tourists), but many parts are in disrepair. The two figures you found probably represent the range of estimates, but it could be even longer as more buried parts are found in the desert areas.

Answer 5

The answers probably vary because of the nature of the GW. It is not one continuous wall but numerous segments, some of which are not necessarily attached to the main wall, and some parts of the wall are virtually nonexistent at this point. It just depends on who's doing the measuring.

Answer 6

wait

let me go n measure