The great Wall

1. With a total length of 21,196.18 km, equal to half the length of the Equator, the Great Wall of
China is the longest feat of human engineering.

2. In the main today's wall comprises relics from the Ming Dynasty(1368 - 1644), measuring
8,851.8 km.

3. The average height of the walls is 6 to 7 meters, and the highest is 14 meters.

4. The altitudes of the walls vary - the highest point is the Huanglouyuan in the northwest suburb
of Beijing, with an elevation of 1,439.3 meters, while the lowest point is at Laolongtou in Hebei,
just above the sea level.

5. The average width is 6.5 meters.

6. The Great Wall is about 2, 700 years old.

7. More than 1,000, 000 laborers were recruited for the construction of this huge project.

8. Location: It spans across 15 regions in north China: like Beijing, Mongolia and Gansu

9. A third part of the walls have disappeared.

10. As a must-see in China, it attracts 50 million visitors every year, and had been visited by more
than 460 state heads and VIPs from around the world