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District in Gansu, China
Clockwise from top: Zen Forest Gate at night, view towards the July 1 Glacier, the Zhangye Bell Tower, Zhangya railway station, and dormitories at Hexi University.
Ganzhou District, formerly the separate city of Ganzhou or Kanchow, is a district in and the seat of the prefecture-level city of Zhangye in GansuProvince, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and northeast. Ganzhou was an important outpost in western China and, along with Suzhou (now the central district of Jiuquan), it is the namesake of the province. As a settlement, it is now known as Zhangye after the prefecture it heads. The name "Gansu" originates as a combination of Ganzhou and Suzhou (肃州).
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Clockwise from top: Zen Forest Gate at night, view towards the July 1 Glacier, the Zhangye Bell Tower, Zhangya railway station, and dormitories at Hexi University.
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Zhangye in Gansu
GanzhouLocation in Gansu
"Can-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Shaan-Gan from Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries