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- Length of Great Wall to be measured
Date: 14-Feb-2007 Sources: (Shenzhen Daily)
THE government will launch a four-year geographical survey of the Great Wall, which is on the World Heritage list of the UNESCO, in April to determine its exact length, layout and current conditions.
The Great Wall, an ancient defense facility in China, has been widely known to stretch more than 5,000 kilometers.
Field research of the section built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) will finish in the early half of next year, and results will be announced in a few months, according to China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) and State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM).
Results of field research into parts of the Great Wall built in earlier periods will be announced in the following two years.
The survey will be conducted in 13 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu and Inner Mongolia.
In B.C. 220, sections of earlier fortifications in North China were joined together to form a united defense system against invasions from the northern nomadic tribes. Construction
continued up to the Ming Dynasty, when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure.
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