Gansu Province Population: 20.7 million Urban population: 8.1 million Capital: Lanzhou Area: 390,000 square kilometers Nationalities: Han, Hui , Tibetan, Dongxiang, Yugur, Baoan, Mongolian, Kazak, Tu, Salar, and Manchu Altitude: mostly above 1,000 meters Climatic features: subtropical, humid climate in the east changes to a temperate, dry climate in the west; cold, humid, highland climate in the Qilian Mountains; temperatures shift greatly from day to night as well as from season to season in the central and western parts of the province. Average temperature: minus 14 - 3 centigrade degree in January, 11-27 centigrade degree in July.Click here for latest weather forcast. Annual average rainfall: 30 - 860 mm; precipitation decreases sharply north of the 37th parallel north latitude; 50 - 70 percent of the rain falls during the summer Physical features: the Qinghai-Tibet, Loess, and Inner Mongolia Plateaus adjoin the province; where the plateaus meet is a narrow, 1,000-kilometer passage, the Hexi or Gansu Corridor, which was part of the ancient silk Road leading to the Western Regions, Present-day Xinjiang and areas further to the west. Mountains: Qilian Range along the central part of the Gansu-Qinghai border; Beishan Mountains in the north; Dieshan-Minshan Mountains in the southwest. Rivers: Yellow River and tributaries, Weihe and Taohe Rivers; Bailong River in the south; Heihe, Shule and other inland rivers in the Hexi Corridor Products: wheat, highland barley, millet, broomcorn millet, potatoes, corn, sorghum, rice, rape, soybeans, sugar beet; cotton; sun-cured tobacco; muskmelons, wool, leather; sausage casing; coal, petroleum, nickel, copper, sulfur, zinc. Administrative divisions: 2 autonomous prefectures, 13 cities, 60 counties, and 7 autonomous counties. Neighboring areas: Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Qinghai Provinces; Inner Mongolia, Ningxia Hui, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions Beijing Real Estate - Xian Real Estate - Shanghai Real Estate - Hong Kong Real Estate - Jinan Real Estate - Guangzhou Real Estate - Guangdong Real Estate - Chengdu Real Estate - Xiamen Real Estate - Zhengzhou Real Estate - Kowloon Real Estate - Shenzhen Real Estate - Beihai Real Estate - Dalian Real Estate - Nanjing Real Estate - Chongqing Real Estate - Hangzhou Real Estate - Harbin Real Estate - Kunming Real Estate - Pudong Real Estate - Qingdao Real Estate - Wuhan Real Estate - Shenyang Real Estate - Tianjin Real Estate - Shaanxi Real Estate - Sichuan Real Estate