Ganzhou District

Ganzhou District
Traditional Chinese	甘州區
Simplified Chinese	甘州区
Literal meaning	Ganzhou District
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gānzhōu Qū Wade–Giles Kan-chou Ch‘ü
Zhangye
Traditional Chinese	張掖
Simplified Chinese	张掖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāngyè Wade–Giles Chang-yeh

Former names
Ganzhou
Chinese	甘州
Literal meaning	Sweet [Spring(s)] Prefecture
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gānzhōu Wade–Giles Kan-chou

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 Province in the People's Republic of China. Ganzhou was formerly an important outpost in western China and, along with Suzhou (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.

History

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Gansu

References

• http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html
• Official website (Chinese)

Coordinates: 39°00′52″N 100°39′57″E / 39.01444°N 100.66583°E