Gansu
Coordinates: 38°N 102°E / 38°N 102°E / 38; 102
| Gansu Province | |||||||||
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| Abbreviations: 甘 or 陇/隴 (pinyin: Gān or Lǒng) | |||||||||
| Origin of name | 甘 gān - Ganzhou District, Zhangye 肃 sù - Suzhou District, Jiuquan |
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| Administration type | Province | ||||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Lanzhou | ||||||||
| CPC Ctte Secretary | Wang Sanyun | ||||||||
| Governor | Liu Weiping | ||||||||
| Area | 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) |
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| GDP (2011) - per capita |
CNY 502.0 billion US$ 79.6 billion (27th) CNY 16,113 US$ 2,380 (29th) |
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| HDI (2008) | 0.705 (medium) (29th) | ||||||||
| Ethnic composition | Han - 91% Hui - 5% Dongxiang - 2% Tibetan - 2% |
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| Languages and dialects | {{{Dialects}}} | ||||||||
| Prefectural level | 14 divisions | ||||||||
| County level | 86 divisions | ||||||||
| Township level* | 1344 divisions | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-62 | ||||||||
| Official website http://www.gansu.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese) |
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| Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: * | |||||||||
| Template • Discussion • WikiProject China | |||||||||
Gansu (simplified Chinese: 甘肃; traditional Chinese: 甘肅; pinyin: Gānsù; Wade–Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, Kan-suh) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country.
It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, 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.
Gansu has a population of 26 million (2009) and has a large concentration of Hui Chinese, and the historical home, along with Shaanxi of the dialect of the Dungans, who are Hui who migrated to Central Asia. The southwestern corner of Gansu is home to a large ethnic Tibetan population. The capital is Lanzhou, located in the southeast part of the province. Gansu is abbreviated as "甘" (Gān) or "陇" (Lǒng), and is also known as Long West or Long Right, in reference to the Long Mountain east of Gansu.
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