Simatai
Sign in to savethumb|A stretch of the Great Wall at Simatai thumb|Another stretch of the Great Wall at Simatai Simatai (), a section of the Great Wall of China located in the north of Miyun District, 120 km northeast of the city center of Beijing, holds the access to Gubeikou, a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall. It was closed in June 2010 but has been reopened to tourists since 2014.
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- Great Wall of China
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Beijing
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thumb|A stretch of the Great Wall at Simatai thumb|Another stretch of the Great Wall at Simatai Simatai (), a section of the Great Wall of China located in the north of Miyun District, 120 km northeast of the city center of Beijing, holds the access to Gubeikou, a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall. It was closed in June 2010 but has been reopened to tourists since 2014.
==General== The section was originally built during the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577) and rebuilt during the Hongwu Emperor's reign during the Ming dynasty.
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