Tianshui
| 天水 市 Tianshui |
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 36 ′ N , 105 ° 42 ′ E | ||
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | CN-GS | ||
| height | 1171 m | ||
| surface | 14,300 km² | ||
| Residents | 3,323,000 (2016) | ||
| density | 232.4 Ew. / km² | ||
.png) Location of Tianshui City
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Tianshui ( Chinese 天水 市 , Pinyin Tiānshuǐ Shì ) is the second largest city in the Chinese province of Gansu . The city has an area of 14,300 km² and around 3.32 million inhabitants (2016). 544,441 people live in the actual urban settlement area of Tianshui (2010 census).
Tianshui is on the ancient route of the Northern Silk Road on the Wei River . The listed Maijishan Grottoes and the Daoist Jade Spring Temple are on their territory. The kingdom of the Qin, from which the Qin dynasty later emerged, which united the Chinese empire for the first time, comes from this area. Tianshui is also a currently vacant Catholic diocese .
Administrative structure
The district-free city of Tianshui is made up of two districts, four districts and one autonomous district. These are:
- Qinzhou City District - 秦州 区Qínzhōu Qū ;
- Maiji District - 麦 积 区Màijī Qū ;
- Circle Qingshui -清水县Qīngshuǐ Xiàn ;
- Circle Qin'an -秦安县Qin'an Xiàn ;
- Gangu district - 甘谷 县Gāngǔ Xiàn ;
- District Wushan -武山县Wǔshān Xiàn ;
- Zhangjiachuan Autonomous County of Hui - 张家川 回族 自治县Zhāngjiāchuān Huízú Zìzhìxiàn .
Web links
- Official website - Chinese