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Happy Valley Beijing
Major Chinese theme park in Beijing with six themed zones and some of the country's most thrilling coasters.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Langfang
Hebei, China · Asia
About Langfang
Langfang sits on the route: 30 minutes from Nancaicun, 48km from Temple of Heaven.
Langfang is in Hebei, China, with about 870,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nancaicun, about 26 km away.
Langfang is a prefecture-level city of Hebei Province, China, and was known as Tianjin Prefecture until 1973. It was renamed Langfang Prefecture after Tianjin became a municipality and finally upgraded into a prefecture-level city in 1988. Langfang is located approximately midway between Beijing and Tianjin. At theRead more
2020 census, the population of Langfang was 5,464,087, of whom 1,147,591 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Guangyang and Anci districts; its total area is around 6,417.28 km2 (2,477.73 sq mi). At the end of 2024, the registered population of the city was 4.972 million, and the resident population of the city was 5.469 million at the end of the year. Langfang borders Baoding to the southwest, Cangzhou to the south (both prefecture-level cities of Hebei), Beijing to the north and Tianjin to the east. Sanhe City and Dachang Hui County are now conurbated with Beijing, so that they form part of the same built-up area. Langfang is the smallest prefecture-level city of Hebei Province by land area.
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Within an hour or so of Langfang: Happy Valley Beijing (43 km), Temple of Heaven (48 km), National Museum of China (51 km), Tiananmen Square (51 km).
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Langfang is in Hebei, China, about 26 km from Nancaicun.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 868,066
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Hebei
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 39.5208, 116.7147
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Worth the detour from Langfang
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Temple of Heaven
A 15th-century imperial complex where Chinese emperors performed annual ceremonies of prayer for good harvests.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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National Museum of China
One of the world's largest museums, chronicling Chinese civilization from ancient times with over a million artifacts.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Tiananmen Square
Immense public square in the heart of Beijing, one of the largest city squares in the world, flanked by monumental government buildings.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Forbidden City
Immense imperial palace complex of 980 buildings that served as the Chinese emperor's home for nearly 500 years.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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798 Art District
Beijing's vibrant contemporary art zone housed in decommissioned military factory buildings, featuring galleries, studios, and creative spaces.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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