Qinzhou (),
formerly romanized as Tsinchow, is a district and the seat of the city of
Tianshui
Tianshui is the second-largest city in Gansu Province, China. The city is located in the southeast of the province, along the upper reaches of the Wei River and at the boundary of the Loess Plateau and the Qinling Mountains. As of the 2020 ce ...
,
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibe ...
province, China. It is named for its former position as the seat of the medieval Chinese
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
of
Qinzhou
Qinzhou ( postal: Yamchow, , Jyutping: ''Jam1 zau1'' (Canton) /''Ham1 zau1'' ( Local) ) is a prefecture-level city in south-central Guangxi, southern China, lying on the Gulf of Tonkin and having a total population of 3,302,238 as of the 2020 c ...
. Before 2005 it was called Qincheng District. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Tianshui.
Qinzhou has an area of and a population of 656,689 as of 2021.
Administrative divisions
Qinzhou District is divided to 7 subdistricts and 16 towns.
;Subdistricts
;Towns
See also
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List of administrative divisions of Gansu
Gansu, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions.
Administrative divisions
These administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Rep ...
References
External links
Official website of Qinzhou District government
Qinzhou District
Tianshui
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