Gansu
Gansu (help·info) (simplifeed Cheenese:
Gansu Province | |
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Name transcription(s) | |
• Cheenese | |
• Abbreviation | |
Map shawin the location o Gansu Province | |
Named for | 肃 sù - Suzhou Destrict, Jiuquan |
Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Lanzhou |
Divisions | 14 prefecturs, 86 coonties, 1344 tounships |
Govrenment | |
• Secretar | Lu Hao |
• Govrenor | Liu Weiping |
Area | |
• Total | 454000 km2 (175,000 sq mi) |
Area rank | 7th |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 25,575,254 |
• Rank | 22nd |
• Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 27th |
Demographics | |
• Ethnic composeetion | Han - 91% Hui - 5% Dongxiang - 2% Tibetan - 2% |
ISO 3166 code | CN-62 |
GDP (2010) | CNY 411.9 billion US$ 60.8 billion (27th) |
• per capita | CNY 16,113 US$ 2,380 (29th) |
HDI (2008) | 0.705 (medium) (29th) |
Website | http://www.gansu.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese) |
It lees atween the Tibetan an Huangtu plateaus, an borders Mongolie, Inner Mongolie, an Ningxia tae the north, Xinjiang an Qinghai tae the wast, Sichuan tae the sooth, an Shaanxi tae the east. The Yellow River passes through the soothren pairt o the province.
Gansu haes a population o 26 million (2009) an haes a muckle concentration o Hui Cheenese, an the historical hame, alang wi Shaanxi o the dialect o the Dungans, who are Hui who migratit tae Central Asie. The soothwastren corner o Gansu is hame tae a muckle Tibetan population. The caipital is Lanzhou, locatit in the sootheast pairt o the province. Gansu is abbreviatit as "
Admeenistrative diveesions
eeditThere are fowerteen admeenistrative auries in Gansu immediately belaw the province level:
Map | # | Name | Admeenistrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
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— Prefectur-level ceety — | |||||
1 | Jiuquan | Suzhou Destrict | Jiǔquán Shì |
1,095,947 | |
2 | Jiayuguan | Jiayuguan | Jiāyùguān Shì |
231,853 | |
3 | Zhangye | Ganzhou Destrict | 张掖 Zhāngyè Shì |
1,199,515 | |
4 | Jinchang | Jinchuan Destrict | Jīnchāng Shì |
464,050 | |
5 | Wuwei | Liangzhou Destrict | Wǔwēi Shì |
1,815,054 | |
6 | Baiyin | Baiyin Destrict | Báiyín Shì |
1,708,751 | |
7 | Lanzhou | Chengguan Destrict | 兰州 Lánzhōu Shì |
3,616,163 | |
10 | Dingxi | Anding Destrict | Dìngxī Shì |
2,698,622 | |
11 | Longnan | Wudu Destrict | 陇南 Lǒngnán Shì |
2,567,718 | |
12 | Tianshui | Qinzhou Destrict | Tiānshuǐ Shì |
3,262,548 | |
13 | Pingliang | Kongtong Destrict | Píngliàng Shì |
2,068,033 | |
14 | Qingyang | Xifeng Destrict | 庆阳 Qìngyáng Shì |
2,211,191 | |
— Autonomous prefecture — | |||||
8 | Linxia (Hui) Prefectur | Linxia | 临夏 Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu |
1,946,677 | |
9 | Gannan (Tibetan) Prefectur | Hezuo | Gānnán Zāngzú Zìzhìzhōu |
689,132 |
References
eeditFremmit airtins
eeditWikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Gansu. |
- Gansu Govrenment Wabsteid Archived 2016-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Travel guide tae Gansu frae Wikivoyage