Gansu Province - Kanshu

Japanese: 甘粛[省] - かんしゅく

A province in northwest China. It is also called Gan or Long. Its capital is Lanzhou. The Qilian Mountains form the border with Qinghai Province in the west, and between them and the Gobi Desert lies the 1,000 km long Gansu (also known as Hexi) Corridor. This corridor has been a trade route connecting the Western Regions with China since ancient times. The Lanzhou Plain in the southeast and the oases in the corridor area are the centers of agriculture and industry, and livestock farming is also practiced on the western grasslands. Mineral products include coal, gold, silver, copper, iron, and oil. Industries such as steel, machinery, petrochemicals, and nuclear power have flourished in Lanzhou and Yumen. Railways connect the province to various areas: Longhai (Lianyungang to Lanzhou), Lanxin (Lanzhou to Urumqi), Baolan (Paotou to Lanzhou), and Lanqing (Lanzhou to Xining). Its area is 454,300 ^km2 . 27.13 million (2014).
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Japanese:

中国北西部の省。簡称は甘，隴(ろう)ともいう。省都は蘭州。西は祁連(きれん)山脈が青海省との境界をなし，これとゴビ砂漠の間には長さ1000kmに及ぶ甘粛（別名河西）回廊が延びる。この回廊は古来西域と中国を結ぶ交易路となった。南東部の蘭州平野と回廊地帯のオアシスが農・工業の中心をなし，西部の草原では牧畜も行われる。鉱産は石炭，金，銀，銅，鉄，石油などがある。蘭州と玉門を中心に鉄鋼，機械，石油化学，原子力などの工業が興っている。隴海（連雲港〜蘭州），蘭新（蘭州〜ウルムチ），包蘭（パオトウ〜蘭州），蘭青（蘭州〜西寧）の各鉄路が各地と連絡する。45万4300km²。2713万人（2014）。
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