FACTBOX: Beijing Olympic torch relay route

(Reuters) - Greece handed the Olympic flame to China, the hosts of the 2008 Games, on Sunday despite attempts by pro-Tibet protesters to disrupt the ceremony.

The flame will arrive in the Chinese capital Beijing for the first time on Monday before it is taken around the globe and across China on a 137,000-km (85,130 miles), 130-day relay.

Following is the relay route for the torch:

PROLOGUE

Mar 24 - Torch lit at Ancient Olympia, Greece

Mar 25-29 - Torch Relay in Greece

Mar 30 - Handover ceremony at Panathinaiko Stadium, Athens

Mar 31 - Beijing

Apr 1 - To Almaty

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INTERNATIONAL LEG (APRIL 2-29)

April 2 - Almaty, 3 - Istanbul, 5 - St Petersburg (Russia), 6 - London, 7 - Paris, 9 - San Francisco, 11 - Buenos Aires, 13 - Dar es Salaam, 14 - Muscat, 16 - Islamabad, 17 - Mumbai, 19 - Bangkok, 21 - Kuala Lumpur, 22 - Jakarta, 24 - Canberra, 26 - Nagano (Japan), 27 - Seoul, 28 - Pyongyang, 29 - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

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CHINA (MAY 2 - AUGUST 8)

May 2 - Hong Kong

May 3 - Macau