Ganzhou District

Ganzhou 甘州区
District
Ganzhou in Zhangye
Zhangye in Gansu
Coordinates: 38°56′38″N 100°24′54″E / 38.944°N 100.415°E / 38.944; 100.415Coordinates: 38°56′38″N 100°24′54″E / 38.944°N 100.415°E / 38.944; 100.415
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture-level city	Zhangye
Area
• Total	4,240 km2 (1,640 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	514,583[1]
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	734000

Former names
"Can-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Shaan-Gan from Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries
Ganzhou
Chinese	甘州
Literal meaning	Sweet [Spring(s)] Prefecture
showTranscriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gānzhōu Wade–Giles Kan-chou

Ganzhou District, formerly the separate city of Ganzhou or Kanchow, is a district in and the seat of the prefecture-level city of Zhangye in Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and northeast. Ganzhou was an important outpost in western China and, along with Suzhou (now the central district of Jiuquan), it is the namesake of the province. As a settlement, it is now known as Zhangye after the prefecture it heads. The name "Gansu" originates as a combination of Ganzhou and Suzhou (肃州).

History[]

Administrative divisions[]

Ganzhou District is divided to 5 subdistricts, 13 towns, 4 townships, 1 ethic township and 1 other.^[2]

Subdistricts

Towns

Townships

Ethnic townships

• Pingshanhu Mongol Township(平山湖蒙古族乡)

Others

• Zhangye Economic and Technological Development Zone(张掖经济技术开发区)

See also[]

• List of administrative divisions of Gansu

References[]

• Official website (Chinese)

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