Yumen City

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Yumen 玉门市
County-level city
Yuzehu Park, Yumen, Gansu Province
Location of Yumen City (pink) within Jiuquan City (yellow) and Gansu
Yumen Location of the city centre in Gansu Show map of Gansu Yumen Yumen (China) Show map of China
Coordinates: 39°50′N 97°34′E / 39.833°N 97.567°E / 39.833; 97.567
Country	China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture-level city	Jiuquan
Municipal seat	Yumen Town
Area
• Total	13,500 km2 (5,200 sq mi)
Elevation	1,507 m (4,944 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	137,736
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	735211
Area code	0937
Website	www.yumen.gov.cn

Yumen (simplified Chinese: 玉门; traditional Chinese: 玉門; pinyin: Yùmén, literally, "Jade Gate,") is a city in western Gansu province, China. It is a county-level city with a population of 106,812 (2002 est.), and is part of Jiuquan "prefecture-level city" (a multi-county administrative unit). It is located on the Silk Road and is best known for its oil production.

The city's name is often confused with the Yumen Guan or Jade Gate which is the frontier-pass of ancient times, the entrance to the old Silk Roads, which was situated not far to the west of Dunhuang. Although both Yumen City and Yumen Gate are within Jiuquan, the latter is some 400 kilometres (250 mi) to the west from the former.

In 2014, areas of the city were sealed off after a resident died of the bubonic plague. Districts of the city which house up to 100,000 were turned into quarantine zones. The city allocated 1 million yuan to be used for emergency vaccinations.^[2]