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unusual facts about Gansu Province



Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Although the facility is geographically located within Ejin Banner of Inner Mongolia's Alxa League, it is named after the nearest city, Jiuquan in Gansu Province.


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2013 Dingxi earthquakes

By afternoon the two top leaders of Gansu Province, Communist Party secretary Wang Sanyun and Governor Liu Weiping, along with 1,800 police officers and local officials, had arrived in the earthquake-stricken area.

Amdo

In 1928, the Ma Clique joined the Kuomintang, and during the period from 1928 to 1949, much of Amdo was gradually assimilated into the Qinghai province (and part of Gansu province) of the Kuomintang Republic of China.

Anxi

Guazhou County, formerly Anxi County, in Gansu province, central China

Black Bat Squadron

Flying for six and a half hours at low altitude in the dark, they arrived over the target and the sensor pallets were dropped by parachute near Anxi in Gansu province.

China National Highway 313

China National Highway 313 (G313) was a National Highway from Anxi (Guazhou), Gansu Province to Ruoqiang, Xinjiang.

Huang Yupian

A native of Gansu province, he served as the magistrate of Qinghe (清河) county in Zhili (直隸) province, present day Hebei, from 1830.

Jonê

Jonê County, an administrative district in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China.

Low Wormwood

Low Wormwood (Simplified Chinese: 低苦艾) is a band from Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province.

Shiyang River

The catchment area of the Shiyang River covers about 41,600 km2, most of which lies within today's Wuwei prefecture-level city of the Gansu Province.

Zhangye

Located in the Nantaizi village of Nijiaying town, in Linzhe county of Zhangye, Gansu province is the China Danxia, a series of mountains laced with layers of reddish sandstone.