Dengfeng
The city of Dengfeng ( Chinese 登封 市 , Pinyin Dēngfēng Shì ) is an independent city in the administrative area of the independent city of Zhengzhou , Henan Province , People's Republic of China . It has an area of 1,220 km² and has a population of 630,000.
In the area of Dengfeng lies the sacred mountain Song Shan . On top of it is the Zhongyue Temple , which has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 2001. The famous Gaocheng Observatory is located in Gaocheng near Dengfeng . The historical monuments of Dengfeng (8 clusters in total) have been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2010 .
Administrative structure
At the community level, the independent city is made up of three street districts, eight large communities and five communities.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center: Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Center of Heaven and Earth”. Retrieved August 19, 2017 .
Coordinates: 34 ° 28 ' N , 113 ° 2' E