Gansu

Gansu  (simplifeed Cheenese: 甘肃; traditeeonal Cheenese: 甘肅; pinyin: Gānsù; Wade–Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, Kan-suh) is a province locatit in the northwast o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.

Gansu Province 甘肃省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	甘肃省 (Gānsù Shěng)
• Abbreviation	甘 or 陇/隴 (pinyin: Gān or Lǒng)
Map shawin the location o Gansu Province
Named for	甘 gān - Ganzhou Destrict, Zhangye 肃 sù - Suzhou Destrict, Jiuquan
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Lanzhou
Divisions	14 prefecturs, 86 coonties, 1344 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Lu Hao
• Govrenor	Liu Weiping
Area
• Total	454000 km2 (175,000 sq mi)
Area rank	7th
Population  (2010)
• Total	25,575,254
• Rank	22nd
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Density rank	27th
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 91% Hui - 5% Dongxiang - 2% Tibetan - 2%
ISO 3166 code	CN-62
GDP (2010)	CNY 411.9 billion US$ 60.8 billion (27th)
• per capita	CNY 16,113 US$ 2,380 (29th)
HDI (2008)	0.705 (medium) (29th)
Website	http://www.gansu.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese)

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

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 Govrenment Wabsteid Archived 2016-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Travel guide tae Gansu frae Wikivoyage