What is the second largest city in Gansu?

Tianshui City, the second largest city in Gansu Province, is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, adjacent to Guanzhong Plain. It is an important node city of Guanzhong plain urban agglomeration and a sub-core city of Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone.

Tianshui, once known as Lu 'an, Ji Cheng and Qin Zhou, is said to be the birthplace of Fuxi and Nuwa, one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, and known as "the hometown of Huang Xi". Tianshui City governs 2 districts and 5 counties, with a total area of 1.4325 million square kilometers.

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Tianshui has a long history and is the birthplace of Qin people and early Qin culture. Written records have a history of more than 3,000 years, and the city has a history of more than 2,700 years. In 688 BC, the State of Qin established Yunxian County and Jixian County here, which was the earliest place in the history of China to set up cities and counties. There are national, provincial and municipal key protected cultural relics 169 in China, among which Maijishan Grottoes, a world cultural heritage, is one of the four largest grottoes in China and is known as the "Oriental Sculpture Art Exhibition Hall".

Tianshui is a national historical and cultural city and an excellent tourist city in China, with famous scenic spots such as Maijishan, Fuxi Temple, Nanguo Temple, water curtain cave, Dadiwan Site, Qin 'an Apple, Huaniu Apple, Gangu Pepper, Tianshui Guagua, Tianshui Fishing and Tianshui Pipi.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Tianshui