Zhangye

Prefecture-level city in Gansu, People's Republic of China

Zhangye 张掖市 Kanchow
Prefecture-level city
Lavender and afterglow in Zhangye
Location of Zhangye City jurisdiction in Gansu
Zhangye Location of the city center in Gansu Show map of Gansu Zhangye Zhangye (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Zhangye municipal government): 38°55′29″N 100°27′00″E / 38.9248°N 100.4499°E / 38.9248; 100.4499
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Gansu
Municipal seat	Ganzhou District
Area
• Total	42,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	1,199,515
GDP[2]
• Total	CN¥ 37.4 billion US$ 6.0 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 30,704 US$ 4,930
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	734000
ISO 3166 code	CN-GS-07
Website	www.zhangye.gov.cn

Zhangye
The Dafo Temple, site of the largest reclining Buddha in China.
Traditional Chinese	張掖
Simplified Chinese	张掖
Postal	Changyeh
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāngyè Wade–Giles Chang1-yeh4

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

Zhangye (simplified Chinese: 张掖; traditional Chinese: 張掖; pinyin: Zhāngyè), formerly romanized as Changyeh or known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Inner Mongolia on the north and Qinghai on the south. Its central district is Ganzhou, formerly a city of the Western Xia and one of the most important outposts of western China.