Lanzhou

Lanzhou, formerly Lanchow, is the capital and largest city of province in . Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country.
  • City with about 4,360,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,570 metres (5,160 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code LHW
  • …was formerly known as “金城”
  • Description: prefecture-level city in Gansu, China
  • Also known as
    “Kao-lan-hsien”
    “Kaolan”
    “Lan-chou”
    “Lan-chou-fu”
    “Lan-chou-shih”
    “Lan-chow”
    “Lan-chow-fu”
    “Lantcheou”
    “Lanzhou Shi”

Places of Interest

Discover Lanzhou Railway Station and Baitashan Park.
Railway station
is a railway station located…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bali and Donggang Subdistrict.
Town
is a town of Qilihe District, Lanzhou, China.
Suburb
is a subdistrict in Chengguan District, Lanzhou, Province, China.
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Latitude
36.0526° or 36° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
103.8395° or 103° 50′ 22″ east
UN/LOCODE
CN LAZ
Open location code
8P853R3Q+2Q
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zhuang—“Lanzhou” goes by many names.
LanzhouAchinese
LantsjouAfrikaans
LanzhouAfrikaans
ላንዞውAmharic
لانتشوArabic
لانشوArabic
ԼանժոուArmenian
LanzhouAsturian
LançjouAzerbaijani
LanzhouBalinese
LanzhouBasque
ЛаньчжоўBelarusian
লানচৌBengali
লানঝাউBengali
LanzhouBreton
ЛанджоуBulgarian
ЛанчжоуBulgarian
လန်ကျိုးBurmese
လန်ကျိုးမြို့Burmese
LanzhouCatalan
LanzhouCebuano
Lanzhou (kapital sa prepektura sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina)Cebuano
ЛаньчжоуChechen
LánzhōuChinese
兰州Chinese
兰州市Chinese
蘭州Chinese
蘭州市Chinese
金城Chinese
LanzhouCroatian
Lan-čouCzech
LanzhouDanish
Lan-tsjowDutch
LanzhouDutch
LanĝoŭoEsperanto
LanzhouEsperanto
Kuldne LinnEstonian
LanzhouEstonian
LanzhouFinnish
兰州市Gan Chinese
蘭州Gan Chinese
ლანჭოუGeorgian
ΛαντσόουGreek
લૅન્ઝૂGujarati
Làn-chû-sṳHakka Chinese
LanzhouHausa
לאנג’ואוHebrew
लान्झूHindi
लान्झोउHindi
LancsouHungarian
LanzhouIcelandic
LanzhouIndonesian
LanzhouIrish
LanzhouItalian
ランチョウJapanese
兰州市Japanese
蘭州Japanese
蘭州市Japanese
LanzhouJavanese
ಲಾನ್ಝೌKannada
لانچوKashmiri
ЛаньчжоуKazakh
LanzhouKikuyu
ЛаньчжоуKirghiz
Ланьчжоу шаарыKirghiz
난주Korean
란저우Korean
란저우 시Korean
란주Korean
LanzhouKurdish
LanzhouLatin
LaņdžouLatvian
蘭州市Literary Chinese
GaolanasLithuanian
LandžouLithuanian
LanzhouLithuanian
LanzhouLow German
LanzhouLuxembourgish
ЛанџоуMacedonian
LanzhouMalagasy
LanzhouMalay
लानचौMarathi
Làng-ciŭMin Dong Chinese
Lân-chiuMin Nan Chinese
Lân-chiu-chhīMin Nan Chinese
ლანჯოუMingrelian
ЛаньжоуMongolian
लान्झाउNepali
LanzhouNorthern Frisian
LanzhouNorwegian
LanchowNorwegian Bokmål
LanzhouNorwegian Bokmål
LanzhouNorwegian Nynorsk
LanzhouOccitan (post 1500)
LanzhouOromo
ЛаньчжоуOssetian
LanzhouPampanga
ਲਾਨਜ਼ੂPanjabi
لانژوPersian
LanczouPolish
LanzhouPolish
لان جوPushto
LanzhouQuechua
LanzhouRomanian
ЛаньчжоуRussian
LanzhouScots
ЛанџоуSerbian
LanzhouSerbo-Croatian
ලන්සෞSinhala
Lan-čouSlovak
LandžovSlovenian
LanzhouSomali
LanzhouSwahili
LanchowSwedish
LanzhouSwedish
LanzhouTagalog
ЛаньчжоуTajik
இலாண்சூTamil
லஙழவுTamil
ЛаньчжоуTatar
లాంజ్హౌTelugu
หลานโจวThai
ལན་ཀྱོ།Tibetan
ལན་ཀྲོའུ།Tibetan
LanzhouTurkish
Lenju shehiriUighur
لەنجۇ شەھىرىUighur
ЛаньчжоуUkrainian
لانژوUrdu
GaolanUzbek
LanchjouUzbek
LanzhouVenetian
Lan ChâuVietnamese
LanzhouVietnamese
LanzhouWaray (Philippines)
LanzhouWelsh
لانزہوWestern Panjabi
لانژوWestern Panjabi
兰州Wu Chinese
兰州市Wu Chinese
ЛаньчжоуYakut
蘭州Yue Chinese
LanzcouhZhuang

Localities in the Area

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