Yumen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Yumen City, Yumenshi, Yumen Shi, Yü-mên-hsien, Yü-mên, Yü-men, Yu-men, Jade Gate
county-level city in Jiuquan, Gansu, China
Key facts
- Country
- China
- Province
- Gansu
- Prefecture level city
- Jiuquan
- Municipal seat
- Yumen Town
- Total
- 13,500 km (5,200 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,507 m (4,944 ft)
- Density
- 10.2/km (26.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( China Standard )
- Area code
- 0937
- Website
- www .yumen .gov .cn
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 玉门市
- Population
- 137736
- Area
- 13314.39
- Elevation
- 1507
- Official website
- www.yumen.gov.cn
- Image
- 玉门市玉泽湖公园，湿地 Yuzehu Park, wetland, Yumen, Gansu Province, Aug 2017.jpg
- Dialing code
- 937
- Licence plate code
- 甘F
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- postal code
- 735200
- Commons category
- Yumen
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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.