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Place

Handan

Also known as

Chan-tan
Handan Shi
Handana
Handanas
Handano
Hantan

Image illustrating Handan — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Handansee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

in countryPeople's Republic of China1949 CE
birthplace ofQin Shi Huang259 BCE
birthplace ofFang Lijun1963 CE
containsHandan University1905 CE
birthplace ofLiu Shao1st c. CE
place of death ofMa Teng156 CE
birthplace ofMa Xueya1993 CE
containsXiangtangshan Caves
birthplace ofZhenwei Wang1995 CE

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