According to news released today by People’s Daily Online the result of a survey that started in 2006 has reviled the total length of the Ming dynasty Great Wall to be 8851.8 km, which is 2551.8 km more then previous estimates.
The length of the Great Wall include:
6259.6 kilometres artificial wall
359.7 kilometres trenches
2232.5 kilometres of natural defensive barriers (mountains, rivers etc.)
The survey will now focus on the Qin and Han dynasty wall including wall from other dynasties.
For information in Chinese please visit these links:
State Administration of Cultural Heritage
State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
For more background information please visit these links:
Heritage guardians to start high-tech survey on Great Wall
Length of the Great Wall to be announced in 2008
China’s first regulation protecting the Great Wall goes into effect
China to measure length of Great Wall
Less than 30 percent of Ming Dynasty Great Wall still standing
One-fifth of Ming Dynasty Great Wall in Inner Mongolia has disappeared
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