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Gansu Province |
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| Location: |
Northwest China Province on the upper reaches of the Yellow River . |
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| Area: |
455, 000 sq km |
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| Climate: |
Gansu has a temperate monsoon climate with the marked transitional characteristics of a continental climate. It has an annual temperature of 0бугн15буC, with great difference between north and south, and an annual precipitation of 50-800 mm, decreasing from southeast to northwest. |
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| provincial capital: |
Lanzhou |
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| Population: |
24.67 millions (March 2001) |
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| Ethnic groups: |
Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongol and eight other ethnic groups. |
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| Major Cities: |
Dunhuang; Jiayuguan; Jiayuguan |
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| Agriculture: |
The grassland in Gansu Province is the fifth biggest in China. Growing in the Loess Highland are mostly wheat, maize, millet, cotton and linseed. The area around Lanzhou is a melon and fruit producer famous for its Bailan melons. Its main livestock includes pigs, sheep, cattle and horses. |
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| Industry: |
Gansu has more than 60 types of minerals, the best-known being nickel, copper, lead and zinc. Jinchang is the country's leading nickel producer. Iron, Chromium, tungsten, mercury, and antimony are found in a number of areas. Yumen and Changqing are sizable oilfields. The province is also rich in coal, troilite, cement, limestone, gypsum, mirabilite and fluorite. |
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