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ID: 7001872
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001872

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lanzhou (inhabited place)  Lanzhou (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 03 25 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.0570  decimal degrees
Long: 103 50 24 E  degrees minutes   Long: 103.8399  decimal degrees

Note: Formerly a prefecture during T'ang China, 618-907. Lanzhou is located on right bank of Yellow river and near the Great Wall. Its industries include food processing and oil refining, and its known for the manufacturing of cement, textiles, and leather goods. Well-known stop along the ancient Silk Road.

Names:
Lanzhou (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
Lan-chou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Lanchow (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Lantschou (C,V)
Kaolan (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Kao-lan-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Lan-chou-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Lanchowfu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Lanzhou Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
兰州 (C,V,Chinese,U)
兰州市 (C,V,Chinese,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Zhongguo (nation)  ........  Zhongguo (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Gansu (province)  ............  Gansu (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Lanzhou (inhabited place)  ................  Lanzhou (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)
trade center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Sung province, 960-1279

Related geographic places:
located on ....  Silk Road .......... (road)
..................  (World) [7031416]

Sources and Contributors:
兰州..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
兰州市..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Kaolan..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 646
Kao-lan-hsien..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Lan-chou..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 257
Lan-chou-shih..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Lanchow..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Lanchowfu..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Lantschou..........  [VP]
....................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-94
Lanzhou..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 109
Lanzhou Shi..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 February 2016
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1914139
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-94
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 109
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 257; 646
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..........  Tucker, Silk Road (2015)

 

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