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Gansu (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 102 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 102.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Served as corridor for great highway to the West by the Silk Road; part of Wei kingdom for centuries; controlled by Kublai Khan 13th century; part of Shaanxi province under Mings; is traversed by Great Wall; produces wheat, cotton, and oil. |
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| Gansu (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Gansu (Chinese)
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| Gansu (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Kansu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Gansu province (C,V,display)
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| CH15 (C,V,FIPS,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Gansu Sheng (C,V,O,Chinese-P)
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| Gansu Sheng (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Kansu Province (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kan-su Sheng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 甘肃 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 甘肃省 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Province de Gansu (C,U,French)
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Gansu (province) (P) |
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| province (preferred, C) |
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since 1911 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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