The three poorest counties in Gansu Province

The three poorest counties in Gansu are: Zhang Xian, Zhouqu and Guanghe in Dingxi City.

Zhangxi 'an County, Dingxi City 1

Zhangxi 'an County in Dingxi City is a poor county in Gansu Province. Under this county, there is a village called Qingwa. The people there are very poor, almost all of them are old people and children, and they have no ability to work. Now they can only rely on the strong support of the world and some caring people to donate money to the elderly and children in these poor villages.

2. Zhouqu County

Zhouqu County, a small county located under the Nanzu Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, has a relatively small population among the top ten poverty-stricken counties in China, with only 1.3 million people. The geographical environment here is very complicated. When it happened, this small county was also affected. It is said that it is the poorest county in Gansu Province.

3. Guanghe County

Guanghe County belongs to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, located in the southwest of central Gansu Province, southeast of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, with Dongxiang Autonomous County in the north, Hezheng County in the west, Kangle County in the south and Lintao County in Dingxi City in the east. Guanghe is an agricultural county with poor mineral resources and frequent natural disasters such as drought and hail. It is a key county for national and provincial poverty alleviation and development work.

Geographical environment of Gansu province

Gansu Province is located in the west of China, in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Shaanxi in the east, Sichuan in the south, Qinghai and Xinjiang in the west, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia in the north and Mongolia in the north. It is located between 3211'-42 57' north latitude and 9213'-108 46' east longitude, winding from east to west 1600 kilometers, with a total area of 455,900 square meters.

Gansu is located at the intersection of Loess Plateau, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Inner Mongolia Plateau. The terrain is complex, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, and the altitude is very different. There are mountains, basins, plains, deserts and Gobi, which are mountainous plateau landforms.

The terrain is inclined from southwest to northeast, long and narrow, with a length of 1659 km from east to west and a width of 530 km from north to south. It can be roughly divided into six regions with their own characteristics. Most of them are above 1000 meters above sea level, surrounded by mountains. There are Liupan Mountain and Longshou Mountain in the north; Minshan, Qinling and Ziwuling in the east; Altun Mountain, west of Qilian Mountain; Nanrang Qingniling.

Gansu is a mountainous province. The main mountain ranges are Qilian Mountain, Wushaoling Mountain and Liupanshan Mountain, followed by Altun Mountain, Mazong Mountain, Heli Mountain, Longshou Mountain, Xiqiao Mountain and Ziwuling Mountain. Most mountain ranges are northwest-southeast. Most of the forest resources in the province are concentrated in these mountainous areas, and most rivers also form their own diversion sources from these mountainous areas.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gansu Province