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The city of Yumen ( 玉門市 / 玉门市 , Yùmén Shì ) is an independent city in the prefecture -level city of Jiuquan in the Chinese province of Gansu . In 1999 it had 199,811 inhabitants. Their area covers 13,500 km². The main town is the large community of Yumen 玉門 鎮 / 玉门 镇 .
The city of Yumen should not be confused with its namesake, the Yumenguan or "Jadetor Pass" in Dunhuang .
The Huoshaogou site ( Huoshaogou yizhi ) from the early Chinese Bronze Age has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-206) since 2006 .
In 1932, Changma Township was the epicenter of a major earthquake .
location
Yumen is located in the Hexi Corridor between the cities of Guazhou in the west and Jiuquan in the east. In the north is the Gobi Desert , in the south the Qilian Shan Mountains .
Administrative structure
At the municipal level, the independent city consists of an administrative committee, four large municipalities and seven municipalities (one of which is a nationality municipality).
- Old Town Management Committee 老 市区 管理 委员会
- Greater community Yumendong玉门东镇
- Greater community Yumen玉门镇
- Greater community Chijin赤金镇
- Greater community Huahai花海镇
- Community Xiaxihao下西号乡
- Huangzhawan Township 黄 闸 湾乡
- Liuhe Parish 柳 河乡
- Community Changma昌马乡
- Qingquan Township 清泉 乡
- Community Xiaojinwan of Dongxiang小金湾东乡族乡
- Community Liuhu柳湖乡
Web links
- Official website
- Info page ( Memento from April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - Chinese
Footnotes
Coordinates: 39 ° 49 ' N , 97 ° 34' E