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-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”, “Guazhou County”, “Guazhou Xian”, “Guazhouxian”, “Kua-chou”, “Kua-chou County”, “Kua-chou Hsien”, “Kua-chou-hsien”, and “Ngansi

Guazhou

Latitude
40.5187° or 40° 31′ 7″ north
Longitude
95.781° or 95° 46′ 52″ east
Population
60,500
Elevation
1,357 metres (4,452 feet)
Open location code
8MGQGQ9J+FC
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: Koa-chiu-koān
  • Chinese: 安西县
  • Chinese: 安西州
  • Chinese: 安西縣
  • Chinese: 瓜州
  • Chinese: 瓜州县
  • Chinese: 瓜州縣
  • Dutch: Guazhou
  • French: An si tcheou
  • French: An si
  • French: Comte de Guazhou
  • French: Comté de Guazhou
  • French: Guazhou
  • French: Ngansi
  • French: xian de Guazhou
  • French: Xian de Guazhou
  • Gan Chinese: 瓜州县
  • German: Guazhou
  • Italian: Contea di Guazhou
  • Italian: Guazhou
  • Japanese: 安西県
  • Japanese: 瓜州県
  • Korean: 과저우현
  • Korean: 안시 현
  • 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
  • Tosk Albanian: Guazhou
  • Ukrainian: Гуачжоу
  • Urdu: گواژاؤ کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Qua Châu
  • Wu Chinese: 瓜州县

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