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KALGAN (CHANG-CHIA K'ow)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 640 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KALGAN (CHANG-CHIA K'ow) , a See also:city of See also:China, in the See also:province of Chih-li, with a See also:population estimated at from 70,000 to 1oo,00o. It lies in the See also:line of the See also:Great See also:Wall, 122 M. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Peking, commanding an important pass between China and See also:Mongolia. Its position is stated as in 40° 50' N. and 114 54' E., and its height above the See also:sea as 2810 ft. The valley amid the mountains in which it is situated is under excellent cultivation, and thickly studded with villages. Kalgan consists of a walled See also:town or fortress and suburbs 3 M. See also:long. The streets are wide, and excellent shops are abundant; but the See also:ordinary houses have an unusual See also:appearance, from the fact that they are mostly roofed with See also:earth and become covered with See also:green-sward. Large quantities of soda are manufactured; and the town is the seat of a very extensive transit See also:trade. In See also:October 1909 it was connected by railway with Peking. In See also:early autumn long lines of camels come in from all quarters for the See also:conveyance of the See also:tea-chests from Kalgan to See also:Kiakhta; and each See also:caravan usually makes three jourrreys in the See also:winter. Some See also:Russian merchants have permanent residences and warehouses just outside the See also:gate. On the way to Peking the road passes over a beautiful See also:bridge of seven See also:arches, ornamented with See also:marble figures of animals.

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