Gansu Province
Gansu province is also called Long or Gan for short. It is situated in
the northwest part of China. Its area is of 300 thousand square kilometers
with a population of 22.88 million.
 Gansu
province is located at a place with a varied topography, where Loess Plateau,
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Inner Mongolian Plateau meet. Most of the middle
and east part of it is of special loess topography, the Hexi (or Gansu)
Corridor (in northwestern Gansu) is of green land and Gobi Desert intermittently
spread. The southwest part is of high terrain, which is the border area
of northeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. To the west of Wu Qiao Ridge is inner
flowing area while to the east of it is outer flowing area which belong
to two river systems of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River respectively.
The climate category is intricate which has eight different climate areas.
The quantity of ore reservation for non-ferrous metals like nickel, lead
and zinc etc. occupies important position in the whole country. The province
abounds in coal, iron, copper, sulphur, gypsum, marble and mirabilite
reservation as well.
So far as the industries are concerned, there are equipment manufacture
for petroleum, chemical industry, non-ferrous metals and petrochemical
industry, all of which have occupied the important position in the whole
country. The agricultural products include mainly wheat, cotton, flax
and sugar  beet,
among which flax occupies important position in the country. The main
communication instrument is railway, but the highway is important as well.
Gansu province was the place where the main traffic line in ancient time
between China and western countries, the famous Silk Road, passed through.
With rich cultural resources the province has many places of interest
and historical monuments, such as the Dunhang Caves, the Maijie Mountain
Caves and the Giayuguan (a mountain pass at the west-most and of the Great
Wall) etc. The traditional specialties of fame are carved jade wine cup,
carpets modeled after ancient ones, Bailan melon and lily etc.
City:
Dunhuang
Lanzhou
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