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Gansu province

Gansu Province
甘肃省
Province
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese 甘肃省 (Gānsù Shěng)
 • Abbreviation or / (pinyin: Gān or Lǒng)
Map showing the location of Gansu Province
Map showing the location of Gansu Province
Coordinates: 38°N 102°E / 38°N 102°E / 38; 102Coordinates: 38°N 102°E / 38°N 102°E / 38; 102
Named for gān: Ganzhou District, Zhangye
/ sù: Suzhou District, Jiuquan
Capital
(and largest city)
Lanzhou
Divisions 14 prefectures, 86 counties, 1344 townships
Government
 • Secretary Wang Sanyun
 • Governor Lin Duo
Area
 • Total 425,800 km2 (164,400 sq mi)
Area rank 7th
Population (2010)
 • Total 25,575,254
 • Rank 22nd
 • Density 60/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Density rank 27th
Demographics
 • Ethnic composition Han: 91%
Hui: 5%
Dongxiang: 2%
Tibetan: 2%
 • Languages and dialects Zhongyuan Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Amdo Tibetan
ISO 3166 code CN-62
GDP (2014) CNY 683.5 billion
US$ 111.2 billion (27th)
 • per capita CNY 26,427
US$ 4,302 (30th)
HDI (2010) 0.630 (medium) (28th)
Website http://www.gansu.gov.cn
(Simplified Chinese)
Gansu
Gansu (Chinese characters).svg
"Gansu" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese 甘肃
Traditional Chinese 甘肅
Literal meaning "Gan and Su [prefectures]"

Gansu (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Gānsù; Wade–Giles: Kan1su4, Xiao'erjing: قًا صُوَع; Dungan: Гансў, Gansw) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country.

It lies between the Tibetan and Loess plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east. The Yellow River passes through the southern part of the province.

Gansu has a population of 26 million (as of 2009) and covers an area of 425,800 square kilometres (164,400 sq mi). The capital is Lanzhou, located in the southeast part of the province.

Gansu is a compound of the names of Ganzhou (now a district of Zhangye) and Suzhou, the seat of Jiuquan Prefecture, formerly the two most important Chinese settlements in the area.


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