Jiayuguan Travel Guide
Jiayuguan City, one of the popular destinations in Gansu Province, is situated in the northwest of China's Gansu Province, with Yumen City to its west, the snow-capped Qilian Mountain to its south.Jiayuguan City, with a history of more than 600 years, is an important city of tourism on the ancient Silk Road.
Facts of Jiayuguan
Chinese Name: 嘉峪关 (jiā yù guān)
Population: 300,000
Area: 3,000 square kilometers
Nationalities: Han, Hui, Tibetan, Dongxiang, Yugu, Baoan, Hazake, Tu, Sala, Manchu, and Mongolian
Zip Code: 735100
Area Code: 0937
Administrative Division: Jiayuguan City boasts three districts (Changcheng District, Xiongguan District, Jingtie District), eight sub-district offices (Wuyi, Xinhua, Qianjin, Shengli, Jianshe, Chaoyang, Yuyuan, Jingtieshan Diggings) and three towns (Yuquan, Wenshu, Xincheng).
History of Jiayuguan
Jiayuguan City is located in the Gobi desert, at the middle of Hexi Corridor.. As one of the twelve prefecture-level cities in Gansu, Jiayuguan is situated in the northwestern part of the province and the middle of Hexi Corridor. It is bordering Jiuquan city, a place of strategic importance in the east, 776 kilometres away from the provincial capital Lanzhou city, Yumen city, an oil city in the west, 650 kilometres away from Hami city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Qilian Mountain and Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in the south, over 300 kilometres away from Qinghai province.
Jiayuguan City has a history over 630 years. In 1372, during the Ming Dynasty, a fortress was built to protect the last frontier of the Chinese empire. It was completely built up in 1540 and became a small township engaged in local trading, catering to the needs of the military garrisons stationed at the fort. The city was used to be the pass of the famous Silk Road and the first pass at the west end of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty.
What to see in Jiayuguan?
Jiayuguan City is a famous tourism city in China with amazing frontier cultural and natural landscape.It is rich in tourism resources: the well-known Jiayuguan Pass, the suspended section of the Great Wall, the beacon tower relics, the Museum of the Great Wall, the Xincheng Fresco, the Qiyi Glacier, the Gobi desert and the its landscape, the Wenshu Mountain Grotto, the Heshan Mountain Grotto and the International Gliding Base...
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| Jiayuguan Great Wall | Jiayuguan Overhanging Great Wall | Taolai River Beacon Tower |
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| Wei-Jin Art Gallery | Qiyi Glacier Tourism Area | |
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When to visit Jiayuguan?
Jiayuguan City possesses a continental desert climate, warm and aridity with the frost-free period of 160 days. The average temperature is about 6.7
C (44F) – 7.7C (18.1F) , of which the lowest temperature is -21C (-5.8F) in January and the highest is 34C (93F) in July. It has an annual precipitation of 100 millimeters, with rainfall concentrated in summer. The weather is sandstorm from March to May and strong wind from November to December...More
How to get to Jiayuguan?
Jiayuguan City is situated in the middle of Hexi Corridor, at the northwest part of Gansu Province. As a famous tourism city in China with amazing frontier cultural and natural landscape, Jiayuguan City is the main hub of the Silk Road and the western starting point of the Great Wall since ancient time. Visitors can get there by air,trains,long-disdance bus from some cities in China...More
Jiayuguan Travel Tips
Jiayuguan Shopping : star jelly, Jiuquan Cup of phosphorescent jade, handcraft carpet, jiayu inkstone, camel's hair drawing
Jiayuguan Highlights: Qinqiang Drama is popular in this place. When traveling there, you should not miss the performance of Qinqiang Drama.
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