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Key facts
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Province
- Gansu
- Municipal seat
- Liangzhou District
- Prefecture level city
- 33,000 km (13,000 sq mi)
- Density
- 44/km (110/sq mi)
- Urban
- 688,697
- Per capita
- CN¥ 22,930, US$ 3,682
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( CST )
- Iso 3166 code
- CN-GS-06
- Website
- www .ww .gansu .gov .cn
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Wuwei (Chinese: 武威; pinyin: Wǔwēi) is a prefecture-level city in northwest central Gansu province. In the north it borders Inner Mongolia, in the southwest, Qinghai. Its central location between three western capitals, Lanzhou, Xining, and Yinchuan makes it an important business and transportation hub for the area. Because of its position along the Hexi Corridor, historically the only route from central China to western China and the rest of Central Asia, many major railroads and national highways pass through Wuwei.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wuwei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.