Zhangye
Sign in to saveZhangye (), formerly romanized as Changyeh and also formerly 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zhangye
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- 张掖市
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- zh-Hans
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- Prefecture-level city
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- Lavender and afterglow in zhangye.jpg
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- Lavender and afterglow in Zhangye
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- Location of Zhangye Prefecture within Gansu (China).png
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- Location of Zhangye City jurisdiction in Gansu
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- China Gansu#China
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- Location of the city center in Gansu
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- yes
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
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- Province
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- Gansu
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Ganzhou District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 42000
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Zhangye (), formerly romanized as Changyeh and also formerly 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.
==Name== Although Zhangye is the oldest recorded name, the city was also formerly also known as Ganzhou, named after the sweet waters () of its oasis. An alternative theory states that "Gan" was from the Ganjun Hill () near the city. The name of province came from a contraction of Ganzhou and Suzhou (modern Jiuquan). The name appears in Marco Polo's Travels under the name Campichu.