Gansu | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-23

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gansu


00:01:48 1 Name
00:02:25 2 History
00:02:49 2.1 Ancient Gansu
00:03:57 2.2 Imperial era
00:06:00 2.3 Republican China
00:07:42 3 Geography
00:10:09 4 Administrative divisions
00:10:39 4.1 Urban areas
00:10:47 5 Politics
00:14:24 6 Economy
00:16:48 6.1 Economic and technological development zones
00:18:01 7 Demographics
00:18:51 8 Languages
00:19:16 9 Culture
00:19:40 9.1 Religion
00:20:46 10 Tourism
00:20:55 10.1 Jiayuguan Pass of the Great Wall
00:22:24 10.2 Mogao Grottoes
00:23:05 10.3 Silk Road and Dunhuang City
00:24:15 10.4 Silk Route Museum
00:24:36 10.5 Bingling Temple
00:25:17 10.6 Labrang Monastery
00:25:58 11 Education
00:26:07 11.1 Colleges and universities
00:27:12 12 Natural resources
00:27:21 12.1 Land
00:28:24 12.2 Minerals
00:28:57 12.3 Energy
00:30:10 12.4 Flora and fauna
00:31:16 13 Environment
00:31:25 13.1 Natural disasters
00:31:48 13.2 Anti-desertification project
00:32:15 14 Space launch center
00:32:36 15 See also



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SUMMARY
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Gansu (甘肃; formerly romanized as Kansu) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, located in the southeast part of the province.  
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at 453,700 square kilometres (175,200 sq mi), Gansu lies between the Tibetan and Loess plateaus and borders Mongolia (Govi-Altai Province), 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. Part of Gansu's territory is located in the Gobi desert. The Qilian mountains are located in the south of the Province. 
Gansu has a population of 26 million, ranking 22nd in China. Its population is mostly Han, along with Hui, Dongxiang and Tibetan minorities. The most common language is Mandarin. Gansu is among the poorest administrative divisions in China, ranking 31st in GDP per capita. Most of Gansu's economy is based on the mining industry and the extraction of minerals, especially rare earth elements. Tourism also plays a role in Gansu's economy. 
The State of Qin originated in what is now southeastern Gansu and went on to form the first dynasty of Imperial China. The Northern Silk Road ran through the Hexi Corridor, which passes through Gansu, resulting in it being an important strategic outpost and communications link for the Chinese empire. 
The city of Jiayuguan, the second most populated city in Gansu, is known for its section of the Great Wall and the Jiayuguan Pass fortress complex.