Tianshui

Tianshui 天水市
Prefecture-level city
Tianshui Fuyi pedestrian street (top), Tianshui skyline
Location of Tianshui City jurisdiction in Gansu
Tianshui Show map of Gansu Tianshui Show map of China
Coordinates (Tianshui municipal government): 34°34′53″N 105°43′29″E / 34.5815°N 105.7248°E / 34.5815; 105.7248
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Gansu
Municipal seat	Qinzhou District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	14,280 km2 (5,510 sq mi)
• Urban	5,866 km2 (2,265 sq mi)
• Metro	5,866 km2 (2,265 sq mi)
Elevation	1,171 m (3,842 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	2,984,659
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
• Urban	1,212,791
• Urban density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
• Metro	1,212,791
• Metro density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 55.4 billion US$ 8.9 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 16,743 US$ 2,688
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	741000
Area code	0938
ISO 3166 code	CN-GS-05
Licence plate prefixes	甘E
Website	tianshui.gov.cn

Tianshui
The entrance to the Fuxi Temple in Tianshui
Chinese	天水市
Literal meaning	City of Sky and Water
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tiānshuǐshì Wade–Giles Tʻien-shui Shih
Qinzhou
Chinese	秦州
Postal	Tsinchow
Literal meaning	Qin Province
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qínzhōu Wade–Giles Chʻin-chou
Tianshui Commandery
Chinese	天水郡
Literal meaning	Commandery of Heaven and Water
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tiānshuǐjùn Wade–Giles Tʻien-shui Chün
Hanyang Commandery
Simplified Chinese	汉阳郡
Traditional Chinese	漢陽郡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hànyángjùn Wade–Giles Han-yang Chun
Hanyang County
Simplified Chinese	汉阳县
Traditional Chinese	漢陽縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hànyángxiàn Wade–Giles Han-yang Hsien

Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu province, China, and is the province's second-largest city (behind the provincial capital Lanzhou). Located in the southeast of the province, the city strides along the upper reaches of the Wei River and at the boundary of the Loess Plateau and the Qinling Mountains. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,984,659 inhabitants, of which 1,212,791 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts of Qinzhou and Maiji.^[1] The city and its surroundings have played an important role in the early history of China, as still visible in the form of historic sites such as the Maijishan Grottoes.