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
甘州区 | |
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Clockwise from top: Zen Forest Gate at night, view towards the July 1 Glacier, the Zhangye Bell Tower, Zhangya railway station, and dormitories at Hexi University. | |
 Ganzhou in Zhangye | |
.png) Zhangye in Gansu | |
  Ganzhou Location in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 38°56′38″N 100°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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| Ganzhou, Zhangye | |||||||||
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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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 "Can-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Shaan-Gan from Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 甘州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Sweet [Spring(s)] Prefecture | ||||||||
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History
editAdministrative divisions
editGanzhou District is divided to 5 subdistricts, 13 towns, 4 townships, 1 ethnic township and 1 other.[2]
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- Ethnic townships
- Pingshanhu Mongol Township (平山湖蒙古族乡)(ᠫᠢᠩ ᠱᠠᠨ ᠬᠤ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠤ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩ, (piŋ šan ꭓu moŋɣol ündüsüten-u šiyaŋ))
- Others
- Zhangye Economic and Technological Development Zone (张掖经济技术开发区)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "张掖市第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Zhangye. 2021-06-01.
- ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
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