Guazhou
| Guāzhōu Xiàn 邹平 市 Guazhou |
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 31 ' N , 95 ° 47' E | ||
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| Gansu | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-GS | ||
| District-free city | Jiuquan | ||
| surface | 24,100 km² | ||
| Residents | 148,800 (2018) | ||
| density | 6.2 Ew. / km² | ||
| Website | www.guazhou.gov.cn | ||
Guazhou ( Chinese 瓜州 县 , Pinyin Guāzhōu Xiàn - "melon district"), formerly Anxi ( 安西县 , Ānxī Xiàn ), is a district in the Chinese province of Gansu . It belongs to the administrative area of the prefecture-level city of Jiuquan . Guazhou administers a territory of 24,100 km² at an altitude between 1150 and 2000 meters, on which around 148,800 people lived as of 2018.
location
Guazhou is located in the Hexi Corridor between the cities of Dunhuang in the west and Yumen in the east. In the north is the Gobi Desert , in the south the Qilian Shan Mountains .
population
More than two thirds of the population of 148,800 people are rural (103,500 people), while the urban population is 45,300 people. New settlers make up more than half of the population (82,500 people), the 20 ethnic minorities make up 17.7% of the population, these are mainly Hui Chinese , Dongxiang and Tibetans .
Administrative structure
At the community level, Guazhou consists of five large communities and ten communities . These are:
- Major municipalities of Yuanquan (渊 泉镇, seat of the county government), Liuyuan (柳园 镇), Sandaogou (三 道 沟镇), Nancha (南岔 镇), Suoyangcheng (锁阳 城镇)
- Communities Hedong (河东乡) Bulongji (布隆吉乡) Yaozhanzi (腰站子东乡族乡) Qidun (七墩回族东乡族乡), Shahe (沙河回族乡), Shuangta (双塔乡) Xihu (西湖 乡), Guazhou (瓜州 乡), Lianghu (梁 湖乡), Guangzhi (广 至 藏族 乡)
history
The Chinese Emperor Han Wudi (156 to 87 BC) had the Great Wall extended to the west to protect the trade route of the Silk Road . Garrisons were also set up, the main crossing point was named Anxi (Quiet West). Here the Silk Road branched out into two branches: North to the Yumenguan (Jadetor Pass) and west via Dunhuang to the Yangguan (Southern Pass).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 瓜州 概况 <县 情 介绍.瓜州 县 人民政府, accessed June 6, 2019 (Chinese).