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Is 531 chains as long as The Great Wall of China (wall only)?

It's about one-six-hundredth as long as The Great Wall of China (wall only)
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The length of The Great Wall of China (wall only) is about 311,100 chains.
(长城, 長城, Chángchéng, a.k.a. 万里长城, 萬里長城, Wànlǐ Chángchéng) (a.k.a. "The long wall of 10,000 Li") (from Shanhaiguan through Lop Nur, China) (wall segments only)
The Great Wall of China has total wall segment length of 311,100 chains. Built and maintained in multiple sections over about eleven centuries, the Great Wall is currently suffering the effects of erosion, especially in the older sections made primarily out of mud.
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