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