Zhangye

Zhangye
张掖市
Lavender and afterglow in Zhangye
Lavender and afterglow in Zhangye
Location of Zhangye City jurisdiction in Gansu
Location of Zhangye City jurisdiction in Gansu
Zhangye is located in Gansu
Zhangye
Zhangye
Location of the city center in Gansu
Zhangye is located in China
Zhangye
Zhangye
Zhangye (China)
Coordinates (Zhangye municipal government): 38°55′29″N 100°27′00″E / 38.9248°N 100.4499°E / 38.9248; 100.4499
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGansu
Municipal seatGanzhou District
Area
 • Total
42,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
1,199,515
GDP[2]
 • TotalCN¥ 37.4 billion
US$ 6.0 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 30,704
US$ 4,930
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
734000
ISO 3166 codeCN-GS-07
Websitewww.zhangye.gov.cn
Zhangye
The Dafo Temple, site of the largest reclining Buddha in China.
Traditional Chinese張掖
Simplified Chinese张掖
PostalChangyeh
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāngyè
Wade–GilesChang1-yeh4
Former names
Ganzhou
Chinese甘州
Literal meaningSweet [Spring(s)] Prefecture
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGānzhōu
Wade–GilesKan-chou

Zhangye (simplified Chinese: 张掖; traditional Chinese: 張掖; pinyin: Zhāngyè), formerly romanized as Changyeh or known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Inner Mongolia on the north and Qinghai on the south. Its central district is Ganzhou, formerly a city of the Western Xia and one of the most important outposts of western China.

  1. ^ Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010 Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, 2011-05-09(in Chinese)
  2. ^ 甘肃省统计局、国家统计局甘肃调查总队 (November 2016). 《甘肃发展年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7894-0.