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Geography
Gansu
in the northwest of the People’s Republic of China, is situated between Qinghai, Inner Mongolia and the Huangtu Plateaus. It borders Inner Mongolia to the north and Zinjiang to the west. The province is often abbreviated as ‘Gan’ or ‘Long’, or called Long West or Long Right because it lies to the west of Long Mountain. It has a population of over 25 million people (1997), most of whom are Hui Chinese.History
Gansu was populated in prehistoric times by numerous Neolithic cultures. Many artefacts have been found from the Dadiwan culture, which flourished in Read more





