Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Changguan District
Area	13,100 km²
Population	3,200,000 (2004)
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥ ¥15,051
Major Nationalities	Han, Hui, Tibetan, Bonan
County-level divisions	8
Township-level divisions
CPC Committee Secretary
Mayor	Zhang Jinliang (张津梁)
City flower	Rugosa Rose
Area code	931
Postal Code	730000
License Plate Prefix	甘A

Lanzhou (Simplified Chinese: 兰州; Traditional Chinese: 蘭州; Pinyin: Lánzhōu; Wade-Giles: Lan-chou; Postal map spelling: Lanchow) is the capital of and a prefecture-level city in the Gansu province, China. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1417, 502 KB) Description: Maps of Gansu Province of China. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... ISO 4217 Code CNY User(s) Mainland of the Peoples Republic of China Inflation 1. ... Ethnolinguistic map of China The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is a multi-ethnic unitary state and, as such, officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... Languages Chinese languages Religions Predominantly Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, traditional Chinese religions, and atheism. ... The Hui people (Chinese: ; Pinyin: , Xiaoerjing: حُوِ Ø°ÙŽÙˆ ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ... The Tibetan people are a people indigenous to Tibet and surrounding areas stretching from Central Asia in the West to Myanmar and China in the East. ... The Bonan (also Baoan) people (保安族; pinyin: bÇŽoān zú) are an ethnic group living in Gansu and Qinghai provinces in northwestern China. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Binomial name Rosa rugosa Thunb. ... The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. ... The Postal code for the Peoples Republic of China is under a numeric 6-digit system for the whole country. ... Blue PRC licence plates of the 1992 standard (August 2004 image). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Chinese Postal Map Romanization (Traditional Chinese: 郵政式拼音; Pinyin: Yóuzhèngshì PÄ«nyÄ«n) refers to the system of romanization for Chinese place names which came into use in the late Qing dynasty and was officially sanctioned by the Imperial Postal Joint-Session Conference (帝國郵電聯席會議), which was held in Shanghai in the... Not to be confused with capitol. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Gansu (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃; Traditional Chinese: 甘肅; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, or Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (省 shÄ›ng), which is an administrative division of China. ...

History

Early settlement in this region could be dated to the Han Dynasty and has a history of over 2,000 years. The city used to be called the Golden City, when it was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road. To protect the city, the Great Wall of China was extended as far as Yumen. Han Dynasty in 87 BC Capital Changan (202 BC–9 AD) Luoyang (25 AD–190 AD) Language(s) Chinese Religion Taoism, Confucianism Government Monarchy History  - Establishment 206 BC  - Battle of Gaixia; Han rule of China begins 202 BC  - Interruption of Han rule 9 - 24  - Abdication to Cao Wei 220... The Silk Road Silk Route redirects here. ... “Great Wall” redirects here. ... Yumen (Simplified Chinese: 玉门; Traditional Chinese: 玉門; pinyin: Yùmén, situated in western Gansu province in China, is a county-level city of over 100,000 famous for oil production and located on the Silk Road, at . ...

After the fall of the Han Dynasty, Lanzhou became the capital of a succession of tribal states. Mixed with different cultural heritages, the area at present-day Gansu province, from the 5th to the 11th century, became a center for Buddhist study. Han Dynasty in 87 BC Capital Changan (202 BC–9 AD) Luoyang (25 AD–190 AD) Language(s) Chinese Religion Taoism, Confucianism Government Monarchy History  - Establishment 206 BC  - Battle of Gaixia; Han rule of China begins 202 BC  - Interruption of Han rule 9 - 24  - Abdication to Cao Wei 220... Gansu (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃; Traditional Chinese: 甘肅; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, or Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... A silhouette of a Buddha statue at Ayutthaya, Thailand. ...

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Location within China

The city is the seat of a currently vacant Roman Catholic diocese^[1] and was previously the center of a vicariate apostolic (Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Kan-Su).^[2] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1804x1322, 278 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1804x1322, 278 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... Apostolic vicariate is a type of Roman Catholic diocese for non-Catholic or missionary regions and countries. ...

City of Lanzhou

The Yellow River seen from the park of the White Pagoda.

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Geography

• Area: 14,620 km²
• Elevation: 1600 m above sea level
• China's geographic center
• More than 20 km along urban corridor along the southern banks of the Yellow River.
• Zonary basin
• Location of mountains, located on the south and north sides of the city:
  • Qilian Ranges, Mt. Pingliang and Mt. Kongtong (the most famous in Taoism)
• Rivers:
  • The Yellow River flows through from west to east.

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Climate and Pollution

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Lanzhou is said to be one of the most polluted cities in China. According to the Blacksmith Institute, Lanzhou is one of the 30 most polluted cities in the world. The air quality is so poor that at times one can not see Lanshan, the mountain rising straight up along the south side of the city. The city is located in a narrow river valley with an unfortunate curve causing it to be hemmed in with no free air flow. Lanzhou is also the home of many factories including petroleum processing, and suffers from large dust storms kicked up from the Gobi Desert, especially in the winter and spring.

Economy

Photo taken from Gansu Museum window

The GDP per capita was 15051 yuan (RMB) (ca. US$1820) in 2003, ranked no. 134 among 659 Chinese cities. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...

Natural resources

• Minerals: coal, gold, silver, zinc, nickel, manganese, clay, and dolomite
• waterpower

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Industry

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• Main Industries: textile mills, rubber, fertilizer plants, oil refinery, petrochemical, machinery, and metallurgical industry.

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Agriculture

• spring wheat, vegetables, beans, oil-boiling, melon, peaches, and tobacco
• roses and lilies

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Transportation

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• Airways: Flights from Lanzhou fly to more than 20 cities around the country.
• Railroad: Lanzhou is linked by rail to Beijing, Shanghai, Ürümqi and Baotou.
• Highways: on the highway to Tibet.
• Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway: only railway leading into Xinjiang

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Satellite image of Lanzhou

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Places of interest

• Bingling Temple, Yongjing
• Gansu Provincial Museum
• Wuquan Mountain
• Baita Mountain
• Xinglong Mountain
• Lutusi ancient government

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Media

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Culture

• Chinese drama/Chinese opera: Qinqiang Drama
• Cuisine: Lanzhou beef lamian noodles

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Sister cities

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Colleges and universities

National level

• Lanzhou University (兰州大学), founded 1909

Lanzhou University, founded in 1908, (SC: 兰州大学, TC: 蘭州大學, PY: Lánzhōu Dàxué) is a famousuniversity located in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Other public institutions

• Northwest Normal University (西北师范大学), founded 1902
• Lanzhou University of Technology (兰州理工大学), founded 1919
• Lanzhou Jiaotong University (兰州交通大学), founded 1958
• Gansu Agricultural University (甘肃农业大学), founded 1958
• Lanzhou Medical College (兰州医学院)
• Gansu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (甘肃中医学院)
• Lanzhou Commercial College (兰州商学院)
• Gansu Political Science and Law Institute (甘肃政法学院)

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References

1. ^ Archdiocese of Lanchow Lanzhou from [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/ catholic-hierarchy.org
2. ^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08602c.htm - Catholic Encyclopedia article

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See also

• Dunhuang
• White Pagoda Hill

Location of Dunhuang Dunhuang (Chinese: , also written as 燉煌 till early Qing Dynasty; Pinyin: ) is a city in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China. ...

External links

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Coordinates: 36°03′N, 103°48′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...