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Gansu

In: Regional China

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  • Rongxing Guo

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Gansu is a province of the PRC. It lies in northwest China on the upper reaches of the Yellow River in China’s western inland area, between the Tibetan Plateau, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Loess Plateau. It borders Shaanxi Province to the east, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the northeast, Qinghai Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the west and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the People’s Republic of Mongolia to the north. The Yellow River passes through the southern part of the province. Gansu contains the geographical center of China, marked at 35°50’40.9N and 103°27’7.5E. Part of the Gobi Desert is located here, as well as small parts of the Badain Jaran Desert and Tengger Desert. Lanzhou, its capital city, lies in the southeast.

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  • Rongxing Guo, 2013. "Gansu," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Regional China, pages 54-63, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-28767-0_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137287670_6
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