Calcutta, India - Xi An, China - Comparison and Distance between
Distance: 2,309 km / 1,435 miles

Calcutta, India

You are looking at Calcutta in India. The city has a population of 15481589 residents. It is located on 88.40 degrees longitude, and 22.57 latitude.

Calcutta , General info:
6/10

New name is KOLKATA - that is closer how it used to be pronounced in the native language - Bengali.

Airport code is still the old code CCU for Calcutta. The airport is on northeast corner of metro - also also called Dum Dum from the local township name.

If going by train, try station names of HOWRAH or SEALDAH - the latter is a friendlier terminus, but less trains go there. Howrah is the traditional rail terminus - on other side of river Ganges.

Calcutta , Cheap stuff:
9/10

Great food - whether Mughlai or sweets, and most reasonable price among metro Indian cities.

'Get Well' Clinic is the best as well as very cheap PHYSIOTHERPY & ACUPRESSURE Centre. You can get really sincer and dedicated treatment here.

Calcutta , Different stuff:
8/10

Tough driving and narrow / slow roads.

Calcutta , Don't miss:
10/10

Victoria Memorial.

Darjeeling - a hill town about 600 km north.

Digha - a seaside resort - about 4 hours drive

Calcutta , Food:
10/10

Great food everywhere in this city

Calcutta , Hotels:
8/10

Quite a few 4 and 5 star hotels

Calcutta , Safety:
7/10

Safer than other towns - but beware of pickpocketing.

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Xi An, China

You are looking at Xi An in China. The city has a population of 7417300 residents. It is located on 108.15 degrees longitude, and 34.03 latitude.

Xi An , General info:
5/10

The Capital of Shanxi(Qin) province. The city has more than 2600 years history, use to be the capital of Qin Dynasty,Han Dynasty,Tang Dynasty and so on. Since The emperor of Han Wu Di developed the Silk Road, Xi An became the center of the ancient world.

Xi An , Cheap stuff:
1/10

curio

Xi An , Different stuff:
1/10

many curio

Xi An , Don't miss:
2/10

The "terracotta warriors and horses" of Qin Shi Huang

The Castle and the Wall(Ming Dynasty)

Tombs of many great emperor

Xi An , Food:
1/10

lamb soup with Nang

Xi An , Safety:
5/10

Chinese cities are much safer than the westerners imagination. At least much better than the cities with same size in the USA. But beware of the bilkers who sell the counterfeit products.

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