Lanzhou

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city prefecture-level city

Lanzhou is a major city in northwestern China and the capital of Gansu Province, known historically as a key hub on the ancient Silk Road.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lanzhou, China 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
prefecture-level city ⓘ
administrativeLevel prefecture-level ⓘ
capitalOf Gansu Province ⓘ
climate cold semi-arid climate ⓘ
country China ⓘ
dialect Lanzhou dialect of Zhongyuan Mandarin ⓘ
elevation approximately 1500 meters ⓘ
ethnicComposition Han Chinese majority ⓘ
hasCounty Gaolan County ⓘ
Yongdeng County ⓘ
Yuzhong County ⓘ
hasDistrict Anning District ⓘ
Chengguan District ⓘ
Honggu District ⓘ
Qilihe District ⓘ
Xigu District ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Hui people ⓘ
Tibetan people ⓘ
hasResearchInstitution Chinese Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou branch
hasUniversity Lanzhou Jiaotong University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lanzhou University ⓘ
Northwest Normal University ⓘ
historicalName Jincheng ⓘ
Yuzhong County ⓘ
surface form: Jincheng County
historicalRole Silk Road hub ⓘ
transportation hub in Northwest China ⓘ
isPartOf Gansu Province ⓘ
isServedBy Lanzhou West railway station ⓘ
Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport ⓘ
Lanzhou railway station ⓘ
knownFor Lanzhou beef noodle soup ⓘ
machinery manufacturing ⓘ
non-ferrous metallurgy ⓘ
petrochemical industry ⓘ
language Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
locatedInBasin Yellow River basin ⓘ
surface form: upper Yellow River valley
locatedInRegion Northwest China ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern China
locatedOnRiver Yellow River ⓘ
majorIndustry energy ⓘ
petrochemicals ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
urban district ⓘ
timezone China Standard Time ⓘ
transportCorridor Eurasian Continental Bridge ⓘ
Longhai Railway ⓘ
surface form: Lanxin Railway

National Highway 312 NERFINISHED ⓘ
utcOffset +8 ⓘ
wasCountySeatSince Han dynasty ⓘ
wasIncorporatedInto Qin dynasty territory ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qing army → garrisonedIn → Lanzhou ⓘ
Western China → hasMajorCity → Lanzhou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lanzhou, China
Sakai → twinCity → Lanzhou ⓘ