Gansu Province, referred to as "Gan" or "Long" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Lanzhou as its capital. Located in the northwest of China, it connects Shaanxi in the east, Xinjiang in the west, Sichuan and Qinghai in the south, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia in the north and Mongolia in the northwest.
By the end of 2022, there were 12 prefecture-level cities and 2 autonomous prefectures in Gansu Province. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Gansu Province was 24,924,200. Gansu has a long and narrow terrain, which is complex and diverse. Surrounded by mountains, plateaus, plains, valleys, deserts, Gobi and mountains, the terrain inclines from southwest to northeast.
Gansu is located at the intersection of Loess Plateau, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Inner Mongolia Plateau. Climate types from south to north include subtropical monsoon climate, temperate monsoon climate, temperate continental arid climate and plateau mountain climate. The representative culture of Gansu history is "Dragon Culture". ?
In 2022, Gansu province achieved a regional GDP of110/600,000 yuan, of which the added value of primary industry was1515.3 million yuan, the added value of secondary industry was 3,945 billion yuan, and the added value of tertiary industry was 574/kloc-0. According to the resident population, the annual per capita GDP is 44,968 yuan.
Location context
Gansu Province is located in the west of China, in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Shaanxi in the east, Sichuan in the south, Qinghai and Xinjiang in the west, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia in the north and Mongolia in the north. It is located between 3211'-42 57' north latitude and 9213'-108 46' east longitude, winding from east to west 1600 kilometers, with a total area of 455,900 square meters.