Where is the city of 404? Where is 404?

404 City once became a hot word on the Internet, and many people are full of yearning for this most mysterious place in China. We hope to solve the mystery of 404 city and let everyone see its true face. Share with you its geographical location.

Where is the 404 city:

Address: Gansu Province, as a mysterious place in the northwest of China.

Not long ago, a city called 404 caught fire. The reason why it is so hot is mainly because of an article entitled "404: The Past of Isolated Nuclear City". The name of this city is particularly attractive, as you all know.

This city is called by the author as "No matter on the publicly issued paper map, electronic map, city list, license plate number, telephone area code, or the list of cities where Taobao can deliver, I can't find the 404 city where I was born."

When the article was madly forwarded in the circle of friends, there was a "pink detective" backstage asking where the city of Howto Adventure Travel (ID:how trip) was and how to get there.

As an experienced adventurer, I won't let you go home disappointed. So after a series of inquiries and data search, I finally determined the general location of the city.

Let's make it clear in advance that it was difficult to find this place before, so Howto Adventure Travel (ID:How Trip) will also recommend some nuclear industry sites for everyone to play.

There are three cities like 404 in China.

Although for most "friends", life in this nuclear city is mysterious and seems unheard of. But for me, this kind of city is actually normal.

Among my friends, there are also people who live like this, except that they don't live next door, but they hollowed out a mountain and saw a city in the deep mountains. Similarly, that place has functions and administrative functions that all cities have.

There are also two cities similar to 404 in China, namely 22 1 and 504. 1995, China announced the complete retirement of China's first nuclear weapons research and development base.

22 1 has been opened as a cultural relic protection unit.

Of course, there are also some cities that serve the third-line construction of that year. At that time, in order to prevent foreign countries from attacking China, some important factories were moved to remote towns along the third and fourth lines. Many of these cities that served this strategy at that time have also been abandoned. The war didn't come. The city also began to decline.

It should be noted that even now, this 404 city has not been completely abandoned, and there are still people left behind. However, the living area of 404 Nuclear City has moved from this place to Jiayuguan. If you search online, you can see photos and news about the relocation.

Factory 404, originally called Northwest Mining Machinery Factory or State-owned Industrial Equipment Company, is also called Gansu Mining Area (1964, Gansu Province established Gansu Mining Area Office in Factory 404 according to the central decision, which is the agency of the provincial government and exercises administrative power at the regional level). Now it is called CNNC 404 company, also called Gansu mining area. The factory is located in Yumen low wopu area of Hexi Corridor, covering an area of more than 2,000 square kilometers. At present, 404 has been converted from military to civilian, and it is a factory specializing in nuclear waste and other businesses.

Until now, the 404 nuclear city is still guarded by the military and other institutions. According to the data, the security scope of the troops is divided into the periphery of the factory and the inside of the factory. The periphery mainly includes main roads, intersections, commanding heights and special railway lines; The factory is the main entrance and exit of each branch, the entrance and exit of key workshops and the doorman of the office building. Living area is the target of power supply station, water plant, water supply line and vehicle factory. There are 5 sub-factories and 803 power plants. The *** 16 factory is located in the Gobi Desert nearly 100 kilometers away from Fiona Fang, and dozens of warning posts have been set up. I will introduce the sentry post in detail, because all people who want to reach 404 city need to pass a key checkpoint 1.

In fact, there is a lot of information about the 404 nuclear city on the Internet, and there are also many memories about this city. An adventure travel account won't leave a history book bag here. In a word, this is an enterprise and city that has played an important role in the history of China's nuclear industry, and many people have worked here in history. If you are interested, recommend a blog address "Three North Career" (Three North Career), which is a panoramic memory of an old 404 people.

How to enter 404

404 Cities in Google Maps (Part)

This is the most critical part of this paper. In fact, the 404 nuclear city is not not displayed on the map, but is not displayed on Baidu's map. If you use Google Maps, you can get a panoramic view of the city.

How to determine the method of this city? It's actually quite simple. Just find a place with low wopu.

This is the gateway for the outside world to enter the 404 nuclear city. It's good that this place can be located by map. Low Wopu Railway Station is an open railway station, and residents of 404 Nuclear City once needed to go out through it.

Look at the bus timetable, at least you can buy train tickets from Yumen, Jiayuguan, Xi 'an and other cities. In this place, not far from 404. By the way, if you want to drive by car, you need to go west from Jiayuguan100km, get off at Low Wopu Expressway and enter 404 City from here.

When you arrive at the railway station with big bags and small bags, a key problem arises. As a semi-secret city, you can't just go in and out. There is a police station in Lowopu, and you can apply for an entry-exit certificate for 20 yuan, which is the key to ensure your smooth arrival in the welfare zone of 404 city.

There are many allusions about the 404 Pass, especially an excerpt from the memory of the person in charge of managing the entrance and exit of the 404 Pass:

In the face of all kinds of nuclear city passes, it is really dazzling and understanding. These passes are double-open, single-card, and post-it notes in style (that is, the simplest one-time pass we pass 1 whistle); Colors are red, pink, yellow and white;

From the use area, there are office area, branch office, work number and finished product warehouse; There are long-term, short-term, temporary and one-time restrictions. Correspondingly, a large number of seals, round, rectangular and triangular, have their own functions in style, time and region.

In other words, there are different types of passes to hold, and each pass has its own time and regional restrictions. It is not a certificate of "traveling around the world".

In this way, employees are relatively fixed in a small area, and you can't enter other areas where you shouldn't go. In the final analysis, it is for security and confidentiality.

There is also a special pass (special pass) for "one certificate to travel around the world", which is X-colored. Only 15 is recorded in the whole plant. In addition to our second division has a certificate, the director and chief engineer of the production-related general factory have the right to hold it. It is convenient for them to work with a special permit, so they can naturally go anywhere.

Remember the 1 checkpoint just mentioned by Howto Adventure Travel (ID:How Trip)? This pass is used when passing through here. Show this pass to the inspected soldiers at 1 checkpoint, and you can reach 404 City smoothly.

Don't underestimate the humble posts along the way. It can be used as the general hub of 404 cities. In those days, nuclear cities such as Zhang Aiping, Nie, etc. all passed through this post for inspection. I also found a memory about level one on the Internet, which was written by Hua:

It (checkpoint 1) is the general gateway of the 404 factory, similar to a lock key. It is about 5 kilometers away from Low Wopu Station of Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway, 2.5 kilometers away from the office building of the General Factory and 2 kilometers away from the regimental headquarters. It is the only way in and out of the 404 factory.

The post is a square meter brick house on the vast Gobi desert. It is said to be a house, but there are no doors and windows. There is a doorway on one wall in the north for the sentry to go in and out. There are more than 30 cm square observation holes on the southwest walls for observation.

The east wall is next to the sand dunes less than 2 meters high, and the railway line is outside the wall. The gravel road in front of the post is the only traffic artery between the railway station and the general factory. Like a person's throat.

On both sides of the road, there is a wooden pole with a height of about 4.5 meters on the opposite side, a wire is pulled horizontally in the middle, and a 100 watt light bulb is hung in the middle, which is used for lighting when checking documents at night.

In addition, there is a hand-operated telephone on the cave wall used by Want Want, which is directly connected with the security department of the general factory. Therefore, sentry post No.1 became the only sentry post equipped with telephone in the whole regiment.

In other words, sentry post 1, which takes a telephone and a light bulb as all its possessions, is unique in the whole regiment!

Although we consulted some people when collecting information, it is inevitable that there will be omissions in details due to information and other reasons, so friends from 404 City are welcome to correct me.

There are many cities like 404, which are all over our country. The exploration of industrial relics is also an important part of adventure tourism. If you have ever lived in such a city or explored an industrial zone.

All the news about 404 city is actually speculation. After all, this is a secret, and people who know it may not say it, but this trace left by history is still full of temptation and hope for many young people.