Gannan
Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in southern Gansu Province, China, bordering Linxia to the north, Dingxi to the northeast, Longnan to the east and Aba to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Hezuo and Xiahe.
Hezuo
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Hezuo city, also known as Zö from its Tibetan name, is the administrative seat of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu province in Northwestern China.
Xiahe
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Xiahe County is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province, China, bordering Qinghai province to the west. The name, which literally means "Xia River", refers to the Daxia River which runs through the county.
Luqu
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Luqu is a town in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Luchu means 'River of the Dragon God' in Chinese.
Destinations to Discover
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Maqu
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Maqu is a county-level town in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the southern part of Gansu Province.
Gannan
- Type: Region with 750,000 residents
- Description: autonomous prefecture
- Also known as: “Ganlho Prefecture”, “Gannan Prefecture”, “Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture”, “Gannan Zangzu Zizhizhou”, “Kan-nan Tibetan Autonomous Chou”, “Kan-nan-tsang-tsu Tzu-chih-chou”, and “South Kansu Tibetan Autonomous District”
- Categories: autonomous prefecture and locality
- Location: Gansu, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
34.9845° or 34° 59′ 4″ northLongitude of center
102.9106° or 102° 54′ 38″ eastPopulation
750,000Elevation
3,055 metres (10,023 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 8084435453OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Gannan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gannan Tibetar Prefektura autonomoa”
- Catalan: “Prefectura Autònoma Tibetana de Gannan”
- Chinese: “gannan zangzu zizhi zhou”
- Chinese: “gannan zhou”
- Chinese: “Kam-lâm Chōng-cho̍k Chū-tī-chiu”
- Chinese: “甘南”
- Chinese: “甘南州”
- Chinese: “甘南藏族自治州”
- Czech: “Kanlho”
- Danish: “Gannan”
- Dutch: “Autonome Tibetaanse Prefectuur Gannan”
- Estonian: “Gannani Tiibeti autonoomne ringkond”
- Finnish: “Gannanin tiibetiläisten autonominen prefektuuri”
- French: “Prefecture autonome tibetaine de Gannan”
- French: “préfecture autonome tibétaine de Gannan”
- French: “Préfecture autonome tibétaine de Gannan”
- Gan Chinese: “甘南藏族自治州”
- German: “Autonomer Bezirk Gannan der Tibeter”
- German: “Gannan”
- Hebrew: “הנציבות האוטונומית הטיבטית גאן-נאן”
- Italian: “prefettura autonoma tibetana di Gannan”
- Italian: “Prefettura autonoma tibetana di Gannan”
- Japanese: “ケンロ・プーリー・ランキョン・クル”
- Japanese: “ケンロ州”
- Japanese: “甘南チベット族自治州”
- Japanese: “甘南州”
- Japanese: “甘南蔵族自治州”
- Korean: “간난 티베트족 자치주”
- Lithuanian: “Ganano tibetiečių autonominė prefektūra”
- Lithuanian: “Gannano tibetiečių autonominė prefektūra”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Găng-nàng”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kam-lâm Chōng-cho̍k Chū-tī-chiu”
- Mongolian: “Ганьнань тойрог”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gannan Zang”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gannan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gannan”
- Norwegian: “Gannan”
- Persian: “ولایت خودمختار گانان تبتی”
- Persian: “ولایت خودمختار گاننان تبتی”
- Polish: “Gannan”
- Russian: “Ганьнань-Тибетский автономный округ”
- Russian: “Ганьнань”
- Spanish: “Gannan”
- Spanish: “Prefectura autonoma tibetana de Gannan”
- Spanish: “Prefectura autónoma tibetana de Gannan”
- Swedish: “Gannan”
- Tibetan: “kan lho bod rigs rang skyong khul”
- Tibetan: “kan lho khul”
- Tibetan: “kan lho rang skyong khul”
- Tibetan: “དཀར་ལྷོ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་”
- Turkish: “Gannan Tibet Özerk İli”
- Turkish: “Gannan”
- Uighur: “گاننان زاڭزۇ ئاپتونوم ئوبلاستى”
- Ukrainian: “Ганьнань-Тибетська автономна префектура”
- Urdu: “گاننان تبتی خود مختار پریفیکچر”
- Vietnamese: “Cam Nam, Cam Túc”
- Vietnamese: “Cam Nam”
- Vietnamese: “Châu tự trị dân tộc Tạng Cam Nam”
- Wu Chinese: “甘南藏族自治州”
- Yue Chinese: “甘南”
- Yue Chinese: “甘南州”
- Yue Chinese: “甘南藏族自治州”
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