Jiuquan
Jiuquan
酒泉市 Tsiuchuan | |
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Jiuquan Bell Tower | |
Location of Jiuquan City jurisdiction in Gansu | |
| Coordinates (Jiuquan government): 39°44′00″N 98°29′39″E / 39.7334°N 98.4943°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Municipal seat | Suzhou District |
| Area | |
| 167,883 km2 (64,820 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,353 km2 (1,295 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4,577 km2 (1,767 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,483 m (4,865 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| 1,053,100 | |
| • Density | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 693,959 |
| • Urban density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 768,274 |
| • Metro density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 84.1 billion US$ 12.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 79,840 US$ 11,573 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 735000 |
| Area code | 0937 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GS-09 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 甘F |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 酒泉 | ||||||||||||||
| Postal | Kiuchwan | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Alcohol Spring(s)" | ||||||||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||
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| Fulu | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 福祿 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 福禄 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Fortunate & Lucky | ||||||||
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| Suzhou | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 肅州 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 肃州 | ||||||||
| Postal | Suchow | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Solemn Prefectural [Capital] | ||||||||
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Jiuquan, formerly known as Suzhou is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than 600 km (370 mi) wide from east to west, occupying 191,342 km2 (73,878 sq mi), although its built-up area is mostly located in its Suzhou District.