Maqu

Maqu is a county-level town in in the southern part of Gansu Province.
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  • Type: Locality with 57,100 residents
  • Description: county in Gannan, Gansu, China
  • Also known as: Ma-ch’ü Hsien”, “Machu County”, “Maqu County”, “maqu xian”, and “maquxian

Maqu

Latitude
33.868° or 33° 52′ 5″ north
Longitude
101.7112° or 101° 42′ 40″ east
Population
57,100
Elevation
3,726 metres (12,224 feet)
Open location code
8P53VP96+5F
Geo­Names ID
1801080
Wiki­data ID
Q1202005
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Maqu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Maqu Xian
  • Chinese: Maqu-koān
  • Chinese: 玛曲
  • Chinese: 玛曲县
  • Chinese: 瑪曲縣
  • Dutch: Maqu
  • French: Comte de Maqu
  • French: Comté de Maqu
  • French: Machu
  • French: Maqu
  • French: xian de Maqu
  • French: Xian de Maqu
  • Gan Chinese: 玛曲县
  • German: Maqu
  • Italian: Contea di Maqu
  • Japanese: マチュ県
  • Japanese: 瑪曲県
  • Korean: 마취현
  • Min Nan Chinese: Maqu-koān
  • Mirandese: Maqu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Maqu
  • Norwegian: Maqu
  • Persian: شهرستان ماچو
  • Russian: Мачу
  • Spanish: Măqŭ Xiàn
  • Spanish: Maqu
  • Swedish: Maqu
  • Tibetan: རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
  • Ukrainian: Мачу
  • Urdu: ماچو کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Mã Khúc
  • Wu Chinese: 玛曲县

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Maqu”. Photo: George Wenn, CC BY-SA 3.0.