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Tianshui Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Gansu Province , In Chinese [天水市]

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Administrative Division Code : 620500;
Post Code : 741000;
Phone Area Code :0938
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 甘E
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 620500
Population : 34,046,000 persons;
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The adminitrative division form of Tianshui 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 juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Tianshui Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Maiji District麦积区Maiji QuDistrict
2Qinzhou District秦州区Qinzhou QuDistrict
3Zhangjiachuan Hui Aut. County张家川回族自治县Zhangjiachuan County
4Wushan County武山县Wushan XianCounty
5Gangu County甘谷县Gangu XianCounty
6Qin’an County秦安县Qin'an XianCounty
7Qingshui County清水县Qingshui XianCounty
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Tianshui is located in the northeastern part of Gansu province. It is the second largest city in the province, and it is about 338 kilometers from Lanzhou City, Gansu's capital. Car travel to Lanzhou takes about 4 hours. Tianshui is on both the Yangtze River basin and the Yellow River basin, and it is on the "Eurasian Continental Bridge," a rail route said to be the cheapest and fastest land route between China's Pacific Ocean coast and northwestern Europe. Under its jurisdiction are five counties: Zhangchuan, Qin'an, Gangu, Wushan, and Qingshui. It also has jurisdiction over the Qinzhou and Maiji districts. It has a total area of 14,300 square kilometers, and a population of approximately 3 million. About 300,000 people live in the Tianshui urban area. Established during the time of Emperor Wu Di, Tianshui County has had a 2000 year history.







Tianshui is a famous historic and cultural city. It is on the route of the ancient Silk Road. The city was named by the legend of the "Tianhe River Infusion." In myths, Tianshui was the birthplace of Fuxi, the earliest Chinese ancestor. The Dadiwan society existed here during the Neolithic times. Then, the Qin state, later to become the founding dynasty of the Chinese empire, conquered other territory from Tianshui.







The Qin established the first empire of China that lasted from 221 to 206 BC. The famous Terracotta Army statues in Xian and the first part of the Great Wall of China was built by this dynasty. The land was originally bestowed by Xiao Wang of the Zhou Dynasty to Feizi whose surname was called "Yin." Feizi described ideas on law and justice that were adopted by the Qin rulers.





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