Gansu

Gansu 甘肃
Province
Province of Gansu
Zhangye National Geopark Mogao Caves Jiayu Pass Crescent Lake Labrang Monastery Zhongshan Bridge, Lanzhou
Coordinates: 38°N 102°E / 38°N 102°E / 38; 102
Country	China
Named after	甘 gān: Ganzhou 肃 sù: Suzhou
Capital (and largest city)	Lanzhou
Divisions	14 prefectures, 86 counties, 1344 townships
Government
• Type	Province
• Body	Gansu Provincial People's Congress
• Party Secretary	Hu Changsheng
• Congress chairman	Hu Changsheng
• Governor	Ren Zhenhe
• CPPCC chairman	Zhuang Guotai
• National People's Congress Representation	52 deputies
Area
• Total	453,700 km2 (175,200 sq mi)
• Rank	7th
Highest elevation (Altyn-Tagh)	5,830 m (19,130 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	25,019,831
• Rank	22nd
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Rank	27th
Demographics
• Ethnic composition	Han: 91% Hui: 5% Dongxiang: 2% Tibetan: 2%
• Languages and dialects	Central Plains Mandarin Lanyin Mandarin Amdo Tibetan
GDP (2024)[2]
• Total	CN¥1,300.29 billion (27th; US$182.58 billion)
• Per capita	CN¥52,816 (31st; US$7,416)
ISO 3166 code	CN-GS
HDI (2022)	0.722[3] (29th) – high
Website	www.gansu.gov.cn

Gansu
"Gansu" in simplified (top) and traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	甘肃
Traditional Chinese	甘肅
Literal meaning	"Ganzhou and Suzhou"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gānsù Bopomofo ㄍㄢ ㄙㄨˋ Wade–Giles Kan1-su4 IPA [kán.sû] other Mandarin Xiao'erjing قًاسُ Dungan Гансў Wu Suzhounese Koe-soh Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gām-sūk Jyutping Gam1-suk1 IPA [kɐm˥.sʊk̚˥] Southern Min Tâi-lô Kam-siok
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཀན་སུའུ་ཞིང་ཆེན།
Transcriptions Wylie kan su'u zhing chen[4] Tibetan Pinyin Gainsu Xingqên
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Ганьсү муж
Mongolian script	ᠭᠠᠨᠰᠤ ᠮᠤᠵᠢ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC ɣansu muǰi
Uyghur name
Uyghur	گەنسۇ ئۆلكىسى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Gensu ölkisi Siril Yëziqi гәнсу өлкиси
Kazakh name
Kazakh	گانسۋ ولكەسى Ганьсу өлкесі Gansu ölkesi

Gansu^[a] is a 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 453,700 square kilometres (175,200 sq mi), Gansu lies between the Tibetan and Loess plateaus and borders Mongolia's Govi-Altai Province, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south and Shaanxi to the east. The Yellow River passes through the southern part of the province. Part of Gansu's territory is located in the Gobi Desert. The Qilian mountains are located in the south of the Province.

Gansu has a population of 26 million, ranking 22nd in China. Its population is mostly Han, along with Hui, Dongxiang and Tibetan minorities. The most common language is Mandarin. Gansu is among the poorest administrative divisions in China, ranking last in GDP per capita as of 2019.

The state of Qin originated in what is now southeastern Gansu, and later established the first imperial dynasty in Chinese history. The Northern Silk Road ran through the Hexi Corridor, which passes through Gansu, resulting in it being an important strategic outpost and communications link for the Chinese empire.

The city of Jiayuguan, the second most populated city in Gansu, is known for its section of the Great Wall and the Jiayu Pass fortress complex.

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