Ganzhou, Zhangye
| Ganzhou, Zhangye | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 甘州區 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 甘州区 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Ganzhou District | ||||||||
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| Zhangye | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張掖 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张掖 | ||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||
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| Ganzhou | |||||||||
| Chinese | 甘州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Sweet [Spring(s)] Prefecture | ||||||||
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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. Ganzhou was formerly 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.
History
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References
- http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html
- Official website (Chinese)
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