Gaolan County
Gaolan County (simplified Chinese: 皋兰县; traditional Chinese: 皋蘭縣; pinyin: Gāolán Xiàn) is a county of Gansu Province, China, one of 58 counties of Gansu. Its postal code is 730200, and its population in 2019 was 147,000 people, a 13% decrease since 1999. It falls under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu.
Gaolan County
皋兰县 | |
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Location of Gaolan County (red) in Lanzhou City (yellow) and Gansu | |
Gaolan Location of the seat in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 36.3331°N 103.904°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Lanzhou |
| County seat | Shidong |
| Area | |
| • District | 2,556 km2 (2,136 sq mi) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,411 m (4,629 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • District | 147,000 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 67,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
One of the touristic sites is an ancient pear orchard at Shichuan town, with trees up to 400 years old, and the orchard itself being established 600 years ago. The Great Wall of China crosses the Yellow River at Shichuan town as well, a few ruins of it are still visible.
Agriculture forms an important part of the economic output of the county. Supported by irrigation fed by the Yellow River, several kinds of fruit are grown. Other important sectors are livestock and livestock feed, pharmaceutics, paper and chemicals. The total economic output in Q1 2019 was 1.35 billion CNY.