The correct answer is 21,196 kilometers.
While many people traditionally thought the wall was much shorter (often cited around 8,850 km for the Ming Dynasty portion alone), a comprehensive five-year archaeological survey conducted by China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage concluded...
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The correct answer is 21,196 kilometers.
While many people traditionally thought the wall was much shorter (often cited around 8,850 km for the Ming Dynasty portion alone), a comprehensive five-year archaeological survey conducted by China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage concluded in 2012 that the total length is significantly longer.
The figure of 21,196.18 km (approximately 13,171 miles) includes:
Historically, people only counted the continuous stone walls built during the Ming Dynasty. However, the modern archaeological survey used GPS and infrared technology to find buried remains and scattered sections that had eroded over thousands of years.
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