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World's highest airport to be finished in 2010(皇冠体育app Daily)Updated: 2007-03-15 09:11 Construction on the world's highest airport in altitude will be completed on October 1, 2010 in Ali, the Tibet Autonomous Region, in Southwest 皇冠体育app. Located in the northwest portion of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Ali has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. The new airport will help improve the transportation conditions there. Besides the Ali airport, 36 others will be built by the end of 2010 in western 皇冠体育app at a total investment of 52 billion yuan ($6.7 billion). (www.xinhuanet.com) |
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