Ganzhou 甘州区 | |
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Coordinates: 38°56′38″N100°24′54″E / 38.944°N 100.415°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Gansu |
Prefecture-level city | Zhangye |
District seat | Dongjie Subdistrict |
Area | |
• Total | 4,240 km2 (1,640 sq mi) |
Population (2020) [1] | |
• Total | 519,096 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 734000 |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 甘州 区 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 甘州 區 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Ganzhou District | ||||||||
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Zhangye | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张掖 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張掖 | ||||||||
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Ganzhou | |||||||||
Chinese | 甘州 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Sweet [Spring(s)] Prefecture | ||||||||
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Ganzhou District,formerly the separate city of Ganzhou or Kanchow,is a district in and the seat of the prefecture-level city of Zhangye in Gansu Province,China,bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and northeast. Ganzhou was an important outpost in western China and,along with Suzhou (now the central district of Jiuquan),it is the namesake of the province. As a settlement,it is now known as Zhangye after the prefecture it heads. The name "Gansu" originates as a combination of Ganzhou and Suzhou (肃州).
Ganzhou District is divided to 5 subdistricts, 13 towns, 4 townships, 1 ethnic township and 1 other. [2]
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