Gansu
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Gansu (help·info) (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 | |
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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) |
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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.