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What a long way to go to get to the beach

Johannesburg is a long way from the beach, but not as far as a place in Xinjiang, a province of China that used to be called Sinkiang. In the desert region of northern Xinjiang, there is a place that is further from the sea than any other point on earth - more than 2400km!

Johannesburg is a long way from the beach, but not as far as a place in Xinjiang, a province of China that used to be called Sinkiang. In the desert region of northern Xinjiang, there is a place that is further from the sea than any other point on earth - more than 2400km!

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