Gansu

American  

[gahn-sy] / ˈgɑnˈsü /

(Wade-Giles) Kansu

noun

Pinyin.

1. a province in northern central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Lanzhou.

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Gansu British  

/ ˈɡænˈsuː /

noun

1. a province of NW China, between Tibet and Inner Mongolia: mountainous, with desert regions; forms a corridor, the Old Silk Road, much used in early and medieval times for trade with Turkestan, India, and Persia. Capital: Lanzhou. Pop: 26 030 000 (2003 est). Area: 366 500 sq km (141 500 sq miles)

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Gansu

Separately, a landslide in China's northwestern Gansu province killed five people on Tuesday, with rescuers working to locate 12 others still missing, Xinhua said, without specifying what caused it.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Wilder, the former intelligence official, noted that the public exposure of roughly 300 new nuclear-missile silos in western regions like Gansu and Xinjiang likely unsettled Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

When Chen’s father was a kid in the countryside of Gansu, China, he was involved in an accident where he was almost trampled by a horse-drawn cart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Most of China's Uygur Muslims live in the north-west of the country, in areas such as Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024

Primary schools in Jishishan county in Gansu resumed classes in tents on Monday, state media reported.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2023