Pingliang
Pingliang
平凉市 | |
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The Kongtong Mountains in Pingliang | |
Location of Pingliang City jurisdiction in Gansu | |
| Coordinates (Pingliang municipal government): 35°32′33″N 106°39′54″E / 35.5424°N 106.6649°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Municipal seat | Kongtong District |
| Area | |
| 11,196.71 km2 (4,323.07 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,398 m (4,587 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,857 m (9,373 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 1,848,607 | |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 871,600 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 34.8 billion US$ 5.6 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 16,595 US$ 2,664 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 744000 |
| Area code | 0933 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GS-08 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 甘L |
| Website | www |
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Pingliang (simplified Chinese: 平凉; traditional Chinese: 平涼; pinyin: Píngliàng; lit. 'Pacify Liang') is a inner land prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south and east and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the north. The city was established in 376 AD. It has a residential population of 2,125,300 in 2019. The urban population is almost 900,000.
Pingliang is well known for the nearby Kongtong Mountains, which are sacred to Taoism and location of the mythical meeting place of the Yellow Emperor and Guangchengzi, an immortal.
The Book of Sui and Tongdian record that the Ashina tribe who founded the First Turkic Khaganate (also known as Göktürk Khaganate) were from Pingliang.