Guazhou

Guazhou is a county in the western part of Gansu Province. It is on one of the main routes of the historic Silk Road.
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  • Type: City with 60,500 residents
  • Description: county in Jiuquan, Gansu, China
  • Also known as: “An si”, “An Si”, “An si tcheou”, “An-hsi”, “An-hsi Chou”, “An-hsi County”, “An-hsi Hsien”, “An-hsi Prefecture”, “An-hsi-chou”, “An-hsi-hsien”, “An-si”, “An-si Prefecture”, “Ansi”, “Ansi Prefecture”, “Anxi”, “Anxi County”, “Anxi Prefecture”, “Anxi Xian”, “Anxi Zhou”, “Anxixian”, “Anxizhou”, “Comte de Guazhou”, “Comté de Guazhou”, “Guazhou County”, “Guazhouxian”, “Kua-chou”, “Kua-chou County”, “Kua-chou Hsien”, “Kua-chou-hsien”, “Ngansi”, “안시 현”, “安西州”, “安西県”, and “安西縣”

Guazhou

Latitude
40.5177° or 40° 31′ 4″ north
Longitude
95.7812° or 95° 46′ 53″ east
Population
60,500
Elevation
1,357 metres (4,452 feet)
Open location code
8MGQGQ9J+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 779207268
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1529644
Wiki­data ID
Q1201947
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Guazhou” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Guazhou Xian”
  • Chinese: “Guāzhōu Xiàn”
  • Chinese: “安西县”
  • Chinese: “瓜州”
  • Chinese: “瓜州县”
  • Chinese: “瓜州縣”
  • Dutch: “Guazhou”
  • French: “Guazhou”
  • French: “xian de Guazhou”
  • French: “Xian de Guazhou”
  • Gan Chinese: “瓜州县”
  • German: “Guazhou”
  • Italian: “Contea di Guazhou”
  • Italian: “Guazhou”
  • Japanese: “瓜州県”
  • Korean: “과저우현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Koa-chiu-koān”
  • Mirandese: “Guazhou”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guazhou”
  • Norwegian: “Guazhou”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گواژو”
  • Russian: “Гуачжоу”
  • Spanish: “Guazhou”
  • Swedish: “Guazhou”
  • Swiss German: “Guazhou”
  • Ukrainian: “Гуачжоу”
  • Urdu: “گواژاؤ کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Qua Châu”
  • Wu Chinese: “瓜州县”

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