Ganzhou District
| Ganzhou District | |||||||||
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| Literal meaning | Ganzhou District | ||||||||
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| Zhangye | |||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gānzhōu Qū |
| Wade–Giles | Kan-chou Ch‘ü |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāngyè |
| Wade–Giles | Chang-yeh |
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| Ganzhou | |||||||||
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| Literal meaning | Sweet [Spring(s)] Prefecture | ||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gānzhōu |
| Wade–Giles | Kan-chou |
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 in the People's Republic of China. Ganzhou was formerly 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.
Coordinates: 39°00′52″N 100°39′57″E / 39.01444°N 100.66583°E
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