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Dunhuang (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 094 41 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 94.6833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Oasis town and important Buddhist site and from the 4th to the 14th centuries BCE, used as a prayer place for travelers along the Silk Road. The Mogao caves are located on the outskirts of the town; they contain some 45,000 square meters of murals, and 415 painted clay figures. |
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| Dunhuang (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Tunhwang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tunghwang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tun-huang-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tun-huang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 敦煌市 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Gansu (province) (P) |
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Dunhuang (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| oasis settlement (C) |
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Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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Qianfodong .......... (ancient site) |
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(World, Asia, Zhongguo, Gansu province) [7029798] |
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