Pingyao

town in central Shanxi, China, preserving Ming and Qing era architecture
Place old_town Q500061
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Pingyao

Summary

Pingyao is an old town[1]. Pingyao ranks in the top 6% of old_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pingyao is located in Pingyao County[3].
  • Pingyao is in the country of People's Republic of China[4].
  • Pingyao's image is recorded as Pingyao 40.JPG[5].
  • Pingyao's instance of is recorded as old town[6].
  • Pingyao's instance of is recorded as Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction[7].
  • Pingyao's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126891451[8].
  • Pingyao's GND ID is recorded as 1072013673[9].
  • Pingyao's locator map image is recorded as ChinaJinzhongPingyao.png[10].
  • Pingyao's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14610802v[11].
  • Pingyao's postal code is recorded as 031100[12].
  • Pingyao's part of is recorded as Shanxi[13].
  • Pingyao's part of is recorded as Ancient City of Ping Yao[14].
  • Pingyao's Commons category is recorded as Pingyao[15].
  • Pingyao's licence plate code is recorded as 晋K[16].
  • Pingyao's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3298440[17].
  • Pingyao's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+08:00[18].
  • Pingyao's local dialing code is recorded as 354[19].
  • Pingyao's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.198888888889, 'lon': 112.17666666667}[20].
  • Pingyao's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05qsmm[21].
  • Pingyao's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge591207[22].
  • Pingyao's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 812-001[23].
  • Pingyao's official website is recorded as http://www.pingyao.gov.cn[24].
  • Pingyao's page banner is recorded as WV banner Pingyao.jpg[25].
  • Pingyao's population is recorded as {'amount': '+50000'}[26].
  • Pingyao's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Pingyao[27].

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Geography

Pingyao is in the country of People's Republic of China[4]. Pingyao is located in Pingyao County[3]. Part of include Shanxi[13], a province of China[28], in People's Republic of China[29] and Ancient City of Ping Yao[14], a group of structures or buildings[30], in People's Republic of China[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+242.54'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+88.29'}[33]. Pingyao's population is recorded as {'amount': '+50000'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include old town[6] and Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction[7]. Pingyao's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[34].

Why It Matters

Pingyao ranks in the top 6% of old_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2] Pingyao has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Pingyao is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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