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Gansu
Province
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Location:
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Northwest China Province
on the upper reaches of the Yellow River
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Area:
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455, 000 sq km |
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Climate:
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Gansu has a temperate
monsoon climate with the marked transitional
characteristics of a continental climate.
It has an annual temperature of 0°
- 15° C, with great difference between
north and south, and an annual precipitation
of 50-800 mm, decreasing from southeast
to northwest. |
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provincial capital:
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Lanzhou |
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Population:
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24.67 millions (March
2001) |
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Ethnic groups:
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Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongol
and eight other ethnic groups. |
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Major Cities:
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Dunhuang; Jiayuguan. |
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Agriculture:
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The grassland in Gansu
Province is the fifth biggest in China.
Growing in the Loess Highland are mostly
wheat, maize, millet, cotton and linseed.
The area around Lanzhou is a melon and
fruit producer famous for its Bailan
melons. Its main livestock includes
pigs, sheep, cattle and horses. |
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Industry:
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Gansu has more than 60
types of minerals, the best-known being
nickel, copper, lead and zinc. Jinchang
is the country's leading nickel producer.
Iron, Chromium, tungsten, mercury, and
antimony are found in a number of areas.
Yumen and Changqing are sizable oilfields.
The province is also rich in coal, troilite,
cement, limestone, gypsum, mirabilite
and fluorite. |
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