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Gansu

Province

Gansu is a province of northwestern China, a long, narrow corridor of territory historically known as the Hexi Corridor that carried the Silk Road between China proper and Central Asia. Its capital is Lanzhou, and the province borders Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia.

Facts
Population
25,019,831 1
Area (sq km)
453,700 1
Admission Year
1929 2
Connections

Adjacent To

Inner Mongolia, States or Territories
Ningxia, States or Territories
Qinghai, States or Territories
Xinjiang, States or Territories

Associated With

China, Countries
Lanzhou, Cities
Source Lanzhou (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Lanzhou, Cities
Source GeoNames: Lanzhou - GeoNames
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Found There

Old Uyghur

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Blunt-leaved Bog-moss

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Common Apple-moss

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Himalayan marmot

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Source Himalayan marmot (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives (2)
In China, it has been recorded in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Tibet, western Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
Ribbed Bog-moss

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Silvermoss

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Sphagnum Palustre

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Sources
1. Gansu (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    453700
  • Infobox: population_total
    25,019,831
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2. Wikidata: Gansu
Wikidata Q42392, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Lanzhou (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Lanzhou, Infobox subdivision_name1 field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanzhou
Quote, Associated With: Lanzhou, Infobox subdivision_name1 field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanzhou
subdivision_name1 = Gansu
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GeoNames: Lanzhou - GeoNames
GeoNamesHas Capital: Lanzhou, cities500 record 1804430, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 15)
Quote, Has Capital: Lanzhou, cities500 record 1804430, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 15)
36.05701 103.83987 P PPLA CN 15 6201 4359446 1521 Asia/Shanghai
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