Gansu

Gansu Province
Cheenese : 甘肃省 Gānsù Shěng
Abbreviations: 甘 or 陇/隴  (pinyin: Gān or Lǒng)
Oreegin o name	甘 gān - Ganzhou Destrict, Zhangye 肃 sù - Suzhou Destrict, Jiuquan
Admeenistration type	Province
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Lanzhou
CPC Ctte Secretary	Lu Hao
Governor	Liu Weiping
Aurie	454,000 km2 (175,000 sq mi) (7th)
- Latitude	32° 36' to 42° 48' N
- Longitude	092° 46' to 108° 43' E
Population (2010)  - Density	25,575,254 (22nd) 73 /km2 (190 /sq mi) (27th)
GDP (2010)  - per caipita	CNY 411.9 billion US$ 60.8 billion (27th) CNY 16,113 US$ 2,380 (29th)
HDI (2008)	0.705 (medium) (29th)
Ethnic composition	Han - 91% Hui - 5% Dongxiang - 2% Tibetan - 2%
Leids an dialects	{{{Dialects}}}
Prefectural level	14 diveesions
Coonty level	86 diveesions
Tounship level*	1344 diveesions
ISO 3166-2	CN-62
Offeecial wabsteid http://www.gansu.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese)
Source for population and GDP data: 《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005 ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China ISBN 7105054255 *As at December 31, 2004
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 Gansu^? (simplified Cheenese: 甘肃; tradeetional Cheenese: 甘肅; pinyin: Gānsù; Wade–Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, Kan-suh) is a province locatit in the northwast o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.

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 lairge 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 lairge Tibetan population. The caipital is Lanzhou, locatit in the sootheast pairt o the province. Gansu is abbreviatit as "甘" (Gān) or "陇" (Lǒng), an is anaw kent as Lang Wast or Lang Richt, in reference tae the Lang Muntain east o Gansu.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticle: Leet o admeenistrative diveesions o Gansu

There are fowerteen admeenistrative auries in Gansu immediately belaw the province level:

Map	#	Name	Admeenistrative Seat	Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)
	— Prefectur-level ceety —
	1	Jiuquan	Suzhou Destrict	酒泉市 Jiǔquán Shì	1,095,947
	2	Jiayuguan	Jiayuguan	嘉峪关市 Jiāyùguān Shì	231,853
	3	Zhangye	Ganzhou Destrict	张掖市 Zhāngyè Shì	1,199,515
	4	Jinchang	Jinchuan Destrict	金昌市 Jīnchāng Shì	464,050
	5	Wuwei	Liangzhou Destrict	武威市 Wǔwēi Shì	1,815,054
	6	Baiyin	Baiyin Destrict	白银市 Báiyín Shì	1,708,751
	7	Lanzhou	Chengguan Destrict	兰州市 Lánzhōu Shì	3,616,163
	10	Dingxi	Anding Destrict	定西市 Dìngxī Shì	2,698,622
	11	Longnan	Wudu Destrict	陇南市 Lǒngnán Shì	2,567,718
	12	Tianshui	Qinzhou Destrict	天水市 Tiānshuǐ Shì	3,262,548
	13	Pingliang	Kongtong Destrict	平凉市 Píngliàng Shì	2,068,033
	14	Qingyang	Xifeng Destrict	庆阳市 Qìngyáng Shì	2,211,191
	— Autonomous prefecture —
	8	Linxia (Hui) Prefectur	Linxia	临夏回族自治州 Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu	1,946,677
	9	Gannan (Tibetan) Prefectur	Hezuo	甘南藏族自治州 Gānnán Zāngzú Zìzhìzhōu	689,132

Fremmit airtins

• Gansu Government Website
• Travel guide tae Gansu frae Wikivoyage