Zhangye National Geopark
| Zhangye National Geopark 张掖国家地质公园 | |
|---|---|
Badlands of Zhangye National Geopark | |
| Location | Linze County and Sunan County, Gansu, China |
| Nearest city | Zhangye |
| Coordinates | 38°54′55.98″N 100°7′59.52″E / 38.9155500°N 100.1332000°E |
| Area | 322 km2 (124 sq mi) |
| Established | 27 December 2005 (as provincial geopark) |
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Zhangye National Geopark (simplified Chinese: 张掖国家地质公园; traditional Chinese: 張掖國家地質公園; pinyin: Zhāngyè Guójiā Dìzhìgōngyuán) is located in Sunan and Linze counties within the prefecture-level city of Zhangye, in Gansu, China. It covers 322 square kilometres (124 sq mi). The site became a quasi-national geopark on 23 April 2012 (provisional name: Zhangye Danxia Geopark). It was formally designated as "Zhangye National Geopark" by the Ministry of Land and Resources on 16 June 2016, after it passed the on-site acceptance test.
Known for its colorful rock formations, Chinese media outlets have voted it one of China's most beautiful landforms. It became a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2019.