What is the altitude of Dunhuang?

Dunhuang is high in the north and south, low in the middle and inclined from southwest to northeast, with an average elevation of 1 139 meters.

Dunhuang, managed by Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is located at the westernmost end of Hexi Corridor, at the intersection of Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces (regions), with a total area of 3.6544.

Dunhuang is a node city of the Silk Road, famous for its "Dunhuang Grottoes" and "Dunhuang Murals". It is the site of the Mogao Grottoes, a world heritage site, and also the site of Yumenguan and Yangguan on the border of the Great Wall in Han Dynasty. 20 12 was selected as one of the "Top 200 Charming Cities in China" in 20 12, and it is a national historical and cultural city.

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196 1 Dunhuang Mogao grottoes was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council, 1987 was listed as a world cultural heritage protection project by UNESCO, and 19 1 was awarded the "World Cultural Heritage" certificate.

1986 was named "China's famous historical and cultural city" by the State Council. Dunhuang has been successively rated as "Excellent Tourist City in China", "China Brand City in the world", "Top Ten Destinations for Self-driving Tourism in China", "Charming Small and Medium-sized City in China in 2008", "Favorite Tourist Area" and "One of the 50 Most Worthy Places for Foreigners to Visit in China".

20 15 won the title of "national sanitary city".

20 17, 17 was selected as one of the top 200 charming cities with China characteristics on February 24th.

20 17 12 3 1 was elected as "20 17 China City with Cultural Influence of the Year".

20 19 and 18 were selected as the "20 19 list of the most beautiful counties in China" on May 8th.

From 2065438 to September 2009, it was selected as the first batch of national global tourism demonstration zones.

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