Anning District () is one of 5 districts of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, Northwest China. It forms part of the urban core of Lanzhou. The district was established in 1953 and is named after a former

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

fort.http://www.lzanning.gov.cn/art/2018/7/10/art_12002_653438.html It is known for having numerous peach orchards, since the Ming dynasty it has thus been nicknamed the '10- li peach county' ().

Administrative divisions

Anning District is divided to 8 subdistricts. ;Subdistricts

Education

The district is the home of several educational institutes: *

Northwest Normal University Northwest Normal University, also translated into English as Northwestern Normal University (), is a comprehensive university in Lanzhou, Gansu Province of the People's Republic of China. The university is authorized by the State Council of the C ...

Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou Jiaotong University () is a transport university in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China. It was founded as a railway engineering university as a collaboration of Southwest Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong ...

* Gansu Agricultural University * Gansu College of Political Science and Law * Lanzhou City College * Gansu Provincial Party School * Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences * Gansu Academy of Social Sciences The Lanzhou Botanical Garden is also located in the district.

Administrative divisions

Education

References

See also