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This page was last updated on: July 29, 2017
The Jiuquan Report
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Please browse around the Town of Jiuguan and wider Area using our Geographic & Historic Maps. Find out more about the City and Area through our many Photographic Reports on the main historic landmarks and Monuments and their rich history.
JiuGuan Transport
Jiuguan has one main railway station and the it shares its airport with nearby Jiayuguan. China National Highway 312 leads past Jiuguan, East past Zhangye and Wuwei to Lanzhou and West past Jiayuguan, and Yumen and Anxi into neighboring Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region.
Population: The Total Population of Jiuguan City and its Prefecture is between 900.000 and 1 million. Suzhou District, the main population center counts 340.000 citizens.
A Full History of JiuQuan City or the Ancient Suzhou District of the Han Dynasty, relating the Landmarks, Monuments, Hotspots and other sites of importance in Jiuquan to the stories and events of the Past. Find out more about Marco Polo and the other Silk Road Explorers that passed through Town! Read through the text to find more details on Jiuquan (Suzhou District) in Gansu Province.
You Tube Video - Eating a 'Jiuquan Hamir Watermelon' in the Desert (from: www.thelongestway.com).
A Full listing of JiuQuan City Landmarks, Monuments, Hotspots and other sites of importance. Search through the list to find your Full Report and Photo-Virtual Tour of each monument or landmark within the Town.
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Link: Satellite Image with Schematic of the Location and path of the Great Wall of China during the Ming Dynasty. Passes on the Great Wall included.
Lanzhou
Dunhuang
All this traveling sure made me thirsty !
Satellite Image based Map of the Gobi Desert and the Flow of the Yellow River showing Jiquan in the far west inside the crearly visible hexi corrdior.
Overview Map of Jiuquan City Prefecture and Counties of Subei Mongol, Aksai Kazakh, Dunhuang City, Anxi, Subei, Yumen and Jinta.
Warning: Although the main driving route to Heicheng (黑城), HalaHaote, better known as the Ruins of Khara-Koto is from Jiuquan in Gansu Province via Ejin Qi in Inner-Mongolia, then to the Ruins, this route is NOT OPEN TO FOREIGN NATIONALS. Driving through the region North of Jiuquan will lead to the security perimeter of Base 20 - China's Top-Secret and No.1 National Space Launch Facility. Anyone without a permit will be turned back and possibly arrested. Permits are not available to Foreign Nationals including Taiwan and HK.
Picture this: recording studio, far, far away ...
Digital Image - Satellite Overview of Jiuquan City, Gansu. Date: August 24, 2003.
There is no information on Hotels in Jiuquan. Most Foreign Tourist choose the nearby city center of Jiayuguan to The West from where it is just a short distance to the Jiayuguan Fortress and scenic sites of the Great Wall of China.
