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
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
Province in the
People's Republic of China, bordering
Inner Mongolia to the north and northeast. Ganzhou was an important outpost in western China and, along with
Suzhou
Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...
(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. The name "Gansu" originates as a combination of Ganzhou and
Suzhou
Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...
().
History
Administrative divisions
Ganzhou District is divided to 5 subdistricts, 13 towns, 4 townships, 1 ethic township and 1 other.
;Subdistricts
;Towns
;Townships
;Ethnic townships
* Pingshanhu Mongol Township ()
;Others
* Zhangye Economic and Technological Development Zone ()
See also
*
List of administrative divisions of Gansu
References
Official website (Chinese)
County-level divisions of Gansu
Zhangye
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