Shazhou
in Gansu, China
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Dunhuang Airport (8 mi)
- Mogao Caves (Unesco heritage, 8 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 40.138 and 94.662 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 40° 8' 16" and E 94° 39' 44"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Yuan Renminbi - CNY
- Spoken languages:
- Chinese, Uighur, Zhuang
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:53 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Asia/Urumqi
- UTC/GMT offset: 8 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:34 am and 4:20 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -33.637 and -78.834 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Robinson Crusoe - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to China.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning China. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Shazhou
Shazhou in Gansu is located in China about 1,147 mi (or 1,846 km) west of Beijing, the country's capital.
Local time in Shazhou is now 06:53 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Asia / Urumqi with an UTC offset of 6 hours. We know of 1 airports in the wider vicinity of Shazhou. The closest airport in China is Dunhuang Airport in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Mogao Caves in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), East. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Yangjiaqiao, Suzhou, Sanwei, Qili and Mengjiaqiao. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Dunhuang Silk Road Yiyuan Hotel
Meilin Hotel
Grand Soluxe Hotel Dunhuang
GRAND SUN HOTEL DUNHUANG
Tian Run International Hotel
Dunhuang Legend Hotel
Grand Tian Yu Hotel - Dunhuang
DUNHUANG INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
Jinye Hotel - Dunhuang
Fuguo Hotel - Dunhuang
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China
We visiting the Mogao Caves or the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, China. These buddhist caves had the most amazing sculptures and wall paintings and are hundreds of years old. We visited in 2012...
Dunhuang by night / La nuit à Dunhuang (Gansu - China)
(EN) Dunhuang (Dūnhuáng in ancient times meaning 'Blazing Beacon') is a county-level city (pop. 187578 (2000)) in northwestern Gansu province, Western China. It was a major stop on the...
Gobi Desert and Last Days of Silk Road Trip Clairedonze's photos around Jiayuguan and Dunhuang
Preview of Clairedonze's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/clairedonze/1/1252669176/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod...
Mogao Caves - Dunhuang, Gansu, China
http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00a0-5ee4-9b81?ytv2=1 - Created at TripWow by TravelPod Attractions (a TripAdvisor™ company) Mogao Caves Dunhuang Located in the Gobi desert,...
Spectaculair Gobi Desert and Mogao caves
Spectaculair Gobi Desert near Dunhuang. The Mogao Caves are also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas.
月牙泉
China ---Dunhuang 敦煌・Mingshashan 鳴沙山---
Sheep Escape - FAIL
Sheep escaped out fence, but went back for safety.
20130404敦煌でラクダに乗る。
敦煌の鳴沙山、月牙泉という砂漠がある場所でラクダに乗った。
Camels in Dunhuang, Gobi dessert
Camels ready for working in the Gobi dessert near Dunhuang, China.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
White Horse Pagoda, Dunhuang
The White Horse Pagoda, in Dunhuang, was built to commemorate 'Tianliu', the white horse of the Buddhist monk Kumārajīva, which carried Buddhist scriptures all the way from Kucha to Dunhuang in China c. 384 CE. Kumārajīva, a revered monk and translator, was born in the oasis city-state of Kucha, the son of a Kuchean princess and a Kashmiri Brahmin. The horse found passages through high mountains, across raging rivers, and water when needed.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Shazhou.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Shazhou, Shazhou Zhen, Dunhuang Shi, 沙州, 沙州镇, 敦煌市
