Ganzhou, Zhangye

Ganzhou 甘州区
District
Clockwise from top: Zen Forest Gate at night, view towards the July 1 Glacier, the Zhangye Bell Tower, Zhangya railway station, and dormitories at Hexi University.
Ganzhou in Zhangye
Zhangye in Gansu
Ganzhou Location in Gansu
Coordinates: 38°56′38″N 100°24′54″E / 38.944°N 100.415°E / 38.944; 100.415
Country	China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture-level city	Zhangye
District seat	Dongjie Subdistrict
Area
• Total	4,240 km2 (1,640 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	519,096
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	734000
Website	www.gsgz.gov.cn

Former names
"Can-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Shaan-Gan from Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries
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, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and northeast. Ganzhou was 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. The name "Gansu" originates as a combination of Ganzhou and Suzhou (肃州).