Cities: Dunhuang | Jiayuguan | Lanzhou | Tianshui

Location: Northwest China Province on the upper reaches of the Yellow River .

Area: 455, 000 sq km

Climate: Gansu has a temperate monsoon climate with the marked transitional characteristics of a continental climate. It has an annual temperature of 0¡ã-15¡ãC, with great difference between north and south, and an annual precipitation of 50-800 mm, decreasing from southeast to northwest.

Provincial capital: Lanzhou

Population: 24.67 millions (March 2001)

Ethnic groups: Han, Hui, Tibetan, Mongol and eight other ethnic groups