Gansu has 12 prefecture-level cities, namely Lanzhou City, Jiayuguan City, Jinchang City, Baiyin City, Tianshui City, Wuwei City, Zhangye City, Pingliang City, Jiuquan City, Qingyang City, and Dingxi City , Longnan City.

Gansu Province, referred to as Gan or Long, has the provincial capital Lanzhou City, located in northwest China. It connects to Shaanxi in the east, Xinjiang in the west, Sichuan and Qinghai in the south, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia in the north, and borders Mongolia in the northwest. It is located between 32°11′-42°57′ north latitude and 92°13′-108°46′ east longitude, with a total area of ??425,800 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Gansu Province has jurisdiction over 12 prefecture-level cities and 2 autonomous prefectures, with a permanent population of 24.92 million.

Topography

Gansu is located at the intersection of three major plateaus: the Loess Plateau, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Inner Mongolia Plateau. The terrain is complex, with criss-crossing mountains and widely varying altitudes. It is a mountainous plateau landform that combines mountains, basins, plains, deserts and Gobi. The terrain slopes from southwest to northeast, and the terrain is long and narrow, 1,659 kilometers long from east to west and 530 kilometers wide from north to south. It can be roughly divided into six major regions with their own characteristics.

Most of the places are above 1,000 meters above sea level and are surrounded by mountains. There are Liupan Mountain and Longshou Mountain in the north, Min Mountain, Qinling Mountains and Ziwu Mountains in the east, Altun Mountain and Qilian Mountain in the west, and Qingni Mountains in the south. Gansu is a mountainous province. The most important mountain ranges are the Qilian Mountains, Wushaoling Mountains, and Liupan Mountains, followed by Altyn Mountains, Mazong Mountains, Heli Mountains, Longshou Mountains, Xiqing Mountains, and Ziwuling Mountains.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Gansu Province