Gansu Province of the P.R.C.
Abbreviation
GS
Population
25.62 million
Area
454000 sq Km
Location
Western China
GDP
RMB 93.20 billoin
Provincial Capital
Lanzhou
Per Capita GDP
RMB 3668
Seperate Planning City
None

 

 
Climate:

Gansu has a temperate monsoon climate with the marked transitional characteristics of a continental climate. It has an annual temperature of 0бугн15буC, with great difference between north and south, and an annual precipitation of 50-800 mm, decreasing from southeast to northwest.

 
Ethnic Groups:

Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongol and eight other ethnic groups.

 
Agriculture:

The grassland in Gansu Province is the fifth biggest in China. Growing in the Loess Highland are mostly wheat, maize, millet, cotton and linseed. The area around Lanzhou is a melon and fruit producer famous for its Bailan melons. Its main livestock includes pigs, sheep, cattle and horses.

 
Industry: Gansu has more than 60 types of minerals, the best-known being nickel, copper, lead and zinc. Jinchang is the country's leading nickel producer. Iron, Chromium, tungsten, mercury, and antimony are found in a number of areas. Yumen and Changqing are sizable oilfields. The province is also rich in coal, troilite, cement, limestone, gypsum, mirabilite and fluorite.