Beijing 2008 Olympics - Route for the Torch Relay are Unveiled

Mr. Liuqi, President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the XXIX Olympiad, announced at a ceremony at the Chinese Millennium Monument, the arrangements for the traditional Olympic Torch Relay in what has been described as a 'Journey of Harmony'.

 

The sacred Olympic flame will be lit on Mt Olympus and relays of runners will carry the Torch through 22 cities before reaching China when it will pass through a further 113 Chinese cities prior to reaching the Olympic Stadium after a journey of 130 days covering some 137,000 kilometers (85,128 miles).

 

Highlights of this fantastic route will include the Torch being carried to the summit of Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak, at Shigatse in Tibet as well as passing through 11 cities along the internationally famous Silk Road, China's ancient link with the West. 

 

Hereunder is the Torch Relay Route for Beijing 2008 Olympics in detail:

 

Date (in 2008)	Country	Province	City
Mar 31	China		Beijing
Apr 01 - May 03	Kazakhstan		Alma-Ata
	Turkey		Istanbul
	Russia		St.Petersburg
	UK		London
	France		Paris
	US		San Francisco
	Argentina		Buenos Aires
	Tanzania		Dar es Salaam
	Oman		Muscat
	Pakistan		Islamabad
	India		Mumbai
	Thailand		Bangkok
	Malaysia		Kuala Lumpur
	Indonesia		Jakarta
	Australia		Canberra
	Japan		Nagano
	South Korea		Seoul
	North Korea		Pyongyang
			Ho Chi Minh City
	China	Taiwan	Taipei
			Hong Kong
			Macau
May 04 - 06		Hainan	Sanya
			Wuzhishan
			Wanning
			Haikou
May 07 - 10		Guangdong	Guangzhou
			Shenzhen
			Huizhou
			Shantou
May 11 - 13		Fujian	Fuzhou
			Quanzhou
			Xiamen
			Longyan
May 14 - 16		Jiangxi	Ruijin
			Jinggangshan
			Nanchang
May 17 - 19		Zhejiang	Wenzhou
			Ningbo
			Hangzhou
			Shaoxing
			Jiaxing
May 20 - 21			Shanghai
May 22 - 24		Jiangsu	Suzhou
			Taizhou
			Yangzhou
			Nanjing
May 26 - 28		Anhui	Hefei
			Huainan
			Wuhu
			Jixi
			Huangshan
May 29 - 31		Hubei	Wuhan
			Yichang
			Jingzhou
Jun 01 - 03		Hunan	Yueyang
			Changsha
			Shaoshan
Jun 04 - 06		Guangxi	Guilin
			Nanning
			Baise
Jun 07 - 09		Yunnan	Kunming
			Lijiang
			Shangri-La
Jun 10 - 12		Guizhou	Guiyang
			Kaili
			Zunyi
Jun 13 - 14			Chongqing
Jun 15 - 18		Sichuan	Guang'an
			Mianyang
			Guanghan
			Leshan
			Zigong
			Yibin
			Chengdu
Jun 19 - 21		Tibet	Shannan
			Lhasa
Jun 22 - 24		Qinghai	Golmud
			Qinghai Lake
			Xining
Jun 25 - 27		Xinjiang	Urumqi
			Kashgar
			Shihezi
	Changji
Jun 28 - 30	Gansu	Dunhuang
		Jiayuguan
		Jiuquan
		Tianshui
		Lanzhou
Jul 02 - 04	Ningxia	Zhongwei
		Wuzhong
		Yinchuan
Jul 05 - 07	Shaanxi	Yan'an
		Yangling
		Xianyang
		Xi'an
Jul 08 - 10	Shanxi	Yuncheng
		Pingyao
		Taiyuan
		Datong
Jul 11 - 13	Inner Mongolia	Hohhot
		Ordos
		Baotou
		Chifeng
Jul 14 - 16	Heilongjiang	Qiqihar
		Daqing
		Harbin
Jul 17 - 19	Jilin	Songyuan
		Changchun
		Jilin
		Yanji
Jul 20 - 22	Liaoning	Shenyang
		Benxi
		Liaoyang
		Anshan
		Dalian
Jul 23 - 26	Shandong	Yantai
		Weihai
		Qingdao
		Rizhao
		Linyi
		Qufu
		Tai'an
		Jinan
Jul 28 - 31	Henan	Shangqiu
		Kaifeng
		Zhengzhou
		Luoyang
		Anyang
Aug 01 - 03	Hebei	Shijiazhuang
		Qinhuangdao
		Tangshan
Aug 04 - 05		Tianjin
Aug 06 - 08		Beijing

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