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.
  • City with about 129,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,360 metres (4,450 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “安西县”
  • Description: county in Jiuquan, Gansu, China
  • Also known as
    “An-hsi”
    “An-hsi Chou”
    “An-hsi County”
    “An-hsi Hsien”
    “An-hsi Prefecture”
    “An-si”
    “An-si Prefecture”
    “Anxi”
    “Anxi County”
    “Anxi Prefecture”
    “Anxi Xian”
    “Anxi Zhou”
    “Guazhou County”
    “Guazhou Xian”
    “Kua-chou”
    “Kua-chou County”
    “Kua-chou Hsien”
    “Ngansi”
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Latitude
40.5177° or 40° 31′ 4″ north
Longitude
95.7812° or 95° 46′ 53″ east
Open location code
8MGQGQ9J+3F
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Guazhou” goes by many names.
Guazhou XianCebuano
Guāzhōu XiànChinese
安西县Chinese
安西州Chinese
安西縣Chinese
瓜州Chinese
瓜州县Chinese
瓜州縣Chinese
Contea di GuazhouItalian
GuazhouItalian
安西県Japanese
瓜州県Japanese
과저우현Korean
안시 현Korean
Koa-chiu-koānMin Nan Chinese
GuazhouMirandese
GuazhouNorwegian
GuazhouNorwegian Bokmål
شهرستان گواژوPersian
ГуачжоуRussian
GuazhouSwedish
GuazhouSwiss German
ГуачжоуUkrainian
گواژاؤ کاؤنٹیUrdu
Qua ChâuVietnamese
瓜州县Wu Chinese

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