Gansu

() 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 muckle 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 muckle 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 

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

 Map # Name Admeenistrative Seat HanziHanyu Pinyin Population (2010)450px— Prefectur-level ceety —1JiuquanSuzhou Destrict酒泉市Jiǔquán Shì1,095,9472JiayuguanJiayuguan嘉峪关市Jiāyùguān Shì231,8533ZhangyeGanzhou Destrict张掖市Zhāngyè Shì1,199,5154JinchangJinchuan Destrict金昌市Jīnchāng Shì464,0505WuweiLiangzhou Destrict武威市Wǔwēi Shì1,815,0546BaiyinBaiyin Destrict白银市Báiyín Shì1,708,7517LanzhouChengguan Destrict兰州市Lánzhōu Shì3,616,16310DingxiAnding Destrict定西市Dìngxī Shì2,698,62211LongnanWudu Destrict陇南市Lǒngnán Shì2,567,71812TianshuiQinzhou Destrict天水市Tiānshuǐ Shì3,262,54813PingliangKongtong Destrict平凉市Píngliàng Shì2,068,03314QingyangXifeng Destrict庆阳市Qìngyáng Shì2,211,191— Autonomous prefecture —8Linxia (Hui) PrefecturLinxia临夏回族自治州Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu1,946,6779Gannan (Tibetan) PrefecturHezuo甘南藏族自治州Gānnán Zāngzú Zìzhìzhōu689,132

References

 Fremmit airtins 

 Gansu Govrenment Wabsteid