Suzhou District is a

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of the city of

Jiuquan Jiuquan, formerly known as Suzhou is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than wide from east to west, occupying , although its built-up area is mostly located in it ...

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

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in the

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. It was an important city in its own right. Today, it is the seat of Jiuquan's administration.

Name

Suzhou is named for the former Su Prefecture of

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History

Su Prefecture was established under the Sui and renamed

Jiuquan Commandery Jiuquan Commandery (酒泉郡) was an administrative unit in the western Hexi Corridor, occupying the oases around modern Jiuquan, Gansu. Created in 111 BCE as one of the four Hexi commanderies, it guarded the central stretch of the Silk Road and ...

under the Tang. Its seat was established just within the extreme northwest angle of the

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near the Jade Gate. It sometimes served as the capital of the province of Gansu. Along with its role protecting trade along the

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, Suzhou was the great center of the

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trade. The old town was completely destroyed in the First Dungan Revolt but was recovered by the

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in 1873 and was swiftly rebuilt.

Administrative divisions

Suzhou District is divided to 7 Subdistricts, 14 towns, 1 townships and 3 other. ;Subdistricts ;Towns ;Townships * Huangnipu Township () ;Others * State-owned Xiaheqing Farm () * Jiuquan Economic and Technological Development Zone () * Base 10 ()

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* County-level divisions of Gansu Jiuquan {{Gansu-geo-stub

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