Anning District () is one of 5

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of the

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, the capital of

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. It forms part of the urban core of Lanzhou. The district was established in 1953 and is named after a former

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fort.http://www.lzanning.gov.cn/art/2018/7/10/art_12002_653438.html It is known for having numerous peach orchards, since the Ming dynasty it has thus been nicknamed the '10- li peach county' ().

Administrative divisions

Anning District is divided to 8 subdistricts. ;Subdistricts

Education

The district is the home of several educational institutes: *

Northwest Normal University Northwest Normal University, also translated into English as Northwestern Normal University (), is a comprehensive university in Lanzhou, Gansu Province of the People's Republic of China. The university is authorized by the State Council of the C ...

Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou Jiaotong University () is a transport university in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China. It was founded as a railway engineering university as a collaboration of Southwest Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong ...

* Gansu Agricultural University * Gansu College of Political Science and Law * Lanzhou City College * Gansu Provincial Party School * Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences * Gansu Academy of Social Sciences The Lanzhou Botanical Garden is also located in the district.

Administrative divisions

Education

References

See also