NW China
Gansu
Zhangye

Ganzhou

Ganzhou District, formerly the separate city of Ganzhou or Kanchow, is a district in and the seat of the prefecture-level city of in Province, , bordering to the north and northeast.
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  • Type: City with 500,000 residents
  • Description: district of Zhangye in Gansu Province, China, formerly a separate town within Shaanxi (Chensi, &c.)
  • Also known as: “Can-tcheou”, “Cane-tcheou”, “Chang-i Hsien”, “Chang-yeh Hsien”, “Ganzhou District”, “Ganzhou, Zhangye”, “Kan-chew”, “Kan-chou”, “Kantcheou”, and “张掖市”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reclined Buddah Temple and Zhangye.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Leuband, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dafo Temple or Great Buddha Temple is a in , , , notable for its gigantic reclining Buddha statue made around 1100 during the Western Xia period, which is thirty-five metres long.

Railway station
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
railway station is located 6.4 km north east of , . It handles about 49 passenger services per day along the Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway as well as being a major freight depot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhangye.

Photo: Dcpeets, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in Province with striking and beautiful mountain scenery nearby. As for most Chinese cities, the name "Zhangye" is somewhat ambiguous since it can refer either to the city itself or to the prefecture with that city at its center.

Ganzhou

Latitude
38.9284° or 38° 55′ 42″ north
Longitude
100.4772° or 100° 28′ 38″ east
Population
500,000
Elevation
1,466 metres (4,810 feet)
Open location code
8PC2WFHG+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6416739758
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1785034
Wiki­data ID
Q539323
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Ganzhou” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ganzhou barrutia”
  • Cebuano: “Ganzhou Qu”
  • Chinese: “Kam-chiu-khu”
  • Chinese: “甘州”
  • Chinese: “甘州区”
  • Chinese: “甘州區”
  • Dutch: “Ganzhou”
  • French: “Can-tcheou”
  • French: “Cane-tcheou”
  • French: “district de Ganzhou”
  • French: “District de Ganzhou”
  • French: “Gan tcheou”
  • French: “Gan-tcheou”
  • French: “Ganzhou”
  • French: “Kantcheou”
  • Gan Chinese: “甘州区”
  • German: “Ganzhou”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Ganzhou”
  • Japanese: “甘州区”
  • Korean: “간저우구”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kam-chiu-khu”
  • Mirandese: “Ganzhou”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ganzhou”
  • Norwegian: “Ganzhou”
  • Russian: “Ганьчжоу”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Ganzhou”
  • Spanish: “Ganzhou”
  • Swedish: “Ganzhou, Zhangye”
  • Swedish: “Ganzhou”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґаньчжоу”
  • Vietnamese: “Cam Châu”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Ganzhou”
  • Wu Chinese: “甘州区”
  • Yue Chinese: “甘州區”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include 张掖公安局 and Zhangye East Bus Station.

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