Where does Guazhou belong today?

Guazhou County is located in the northwest of Gansu Province and belongs to Jiuquan City. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with an average elevation of 1500m. Guazhou County is located at the western end of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, bordering Yumen, an oil city in the east, Dunhuang, a famous tourist city in the west, Subei Mongolian Autonomous County in the north and south, and Hami, Xinjiang in the northwest. Guazhou County has been a transportation hub from east to west since ancient times and an important commercial port of the ancient Silk Road.

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There are 28 administrative villages in five townships of Guazhou Township, Xihu Township, Nancha Town, Hedong Township and Sandaogou Town in Guazhou County. Geographical coordinates are 94 45' 00 "east longitude ~ 97 00' 00" north latitude ~ 465 438+0 53' 00 ".

Guazhou is a typical farming and pastoral county with a vast territory and relatively rich water and soil resources. There are two major water systems, Shule River and Yulin River, with an average annual runoff of 420 million cubic meters. There are 37 reservoirs and ponds with a total storage capacity of 253 million cubic meters, of which Shuangta Reservoir has a storage capacity of 240 million cubic meters, making it the largest agricultural irrigation reservoir in Gansu Province.

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