This article is about Gaolan County (皋兰 县) in the prefecture of Lanzhou in Gansu Province, China. For the community of the same name Gaolan (高 岚 乡) in Fenyi County in the Chinese province of Jiangxi, see Gaolan (Fenyi)
Location of Gaolan (pink) county in Gansu
The district of Gaolan ( Chinese 皋兰 县 , Pinyin Gāolán Xiàn ) is a district of the Chinese province of Gansu . It belongs to the administrative area of the prefecture-level city of Lanzhou . Gaolan has an area of 2,556 km² and has a population of around 170,000 (2004). Its main town is Shidong (石洞 镇).