Jiayuguan Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Gansu Province , In Chinese [嘉峪关市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 620200;

Post Code : 735100;

Phone Area Code :0937

The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 甘B

The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 620200

Area Coverage: 2935 square kilometers;

Population : 190,000 persons (Including the subordinate cities and counties);

Official Website of local Government: http://www.jyg.gansu.gov.cn >>>>

Jiayuguan in Pictures

City Guide to Jiayuguan: Restaurants, Hotels,Shopping, Hospitals ...

Restaurant and Catering Service

Muslim Cuisine

Hotpot

Leisure and Recreation Facilities

KTV	Cinema	Night Club
Cyber Cafe	Bath

Financial Facilities	Mall,Store and Market

Hospitals & Clinics	Sports Facilities

Community Service	Travel Services

Tour Guide to Jiayuguan: Streets and Roads

Mingzhu East Road	Hecheng West Road	G30 Lianhuo Expressw
Xinhua North Road	Qilian West Road	Junmin Gongjian Road
National Highway 312	Changcheng East Road	Fuqiang West Road

Tour Guide to Jiayuguan: Tour Attractions

Jiayuguan Donghu Lake Ecological Scenic	Jiayuguan Gliding Base
Qilian Mountains	Qiyi Plateau Glacier
The First Strategic Post	Great Wall Museum of Jiayuguan
East Great Wall	Jiayuguan Fortress Town
Xuanbi Great Wall	North Great Wall

The adminitrative division form of Jiayuguan is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have jurisdiction over some small cities in China.

Urban Subdivisions of Jiayuguan City
S/N	Full Name	In Chinese	In Pinyin	Divison type
1	Jingtie District	镜铁区	Jingtie Qu	District
2	Changcheng District	长城区	Changcheng Qu	District
3	Xiongguan District	雄关区	Xiongguan Qu	District

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Jiayuguan City is near Jiayuguan Pass, the largest pass in the Great Wall. The pass was built in the late Ming dynasty, about 600 years ago, and is located in the northwestern part of Gansu Province. Jiayuguan City measures 40 km from east to west and 35 km from north to south. Its total area is 2935 square kilometers, and the urban area is 60 square kilometers. Its total population is 140,000 and there are people of 12 nationalities living in the city: Han, Hui, Mongol, Tibetan, Manchu, Dongxiang, Yugu, Korean, Zhuang, Tu, Baoan and Uygur.

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