甘肃概况的英语导游词ASurveyofGansu.docVIP

A Survey of Gansu(甘肃概况) Gansu lies in the heart of China. It has a total area of about 455,000 square kilometers and a population of 20.41 million. Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, is the geographical center of China. The distance from Lanzhou to the eastern boundary of China is almost the same as that to the western. The outline of Gansu is shaped liked a dumbbell. It is very long from east to west (1655km); but, at the narrowest place, the north-south distance is only 25km; the “Hexi Corridor”(More than 1,000kilometers Long) in Gansu has long been known as the major artery of east-to-west comm