Jiayuguan city is situated in the middle part of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province. Gotten its name from the well-known Impregnable Pass under Heaven, the west end of the Great Wall, Jiayuguan is the strategic pass of ancient ¡°Silk Road¡±. It covers an area of 2935 km2 in which 30km2 is busy urban area. The population of the city is 145,500 of which 115,700 are city dwellers. The elevation is between 1412 and 2722 metres above sea level, where the city central is located on 1462m. Greenland accounted to 1.9% of total area. Annual average temperature is 7.7?C. Precipitation annually is 85.3mm. All these constitute the temperate inland climate. It features with long sunshine time (3000.2hours at 68% per year), large difference in temperature between day and night (10.67C average).

The gravel structure of urban area is of naturally strong ground load, enjoys exceptional advantage for construction. There are rich of mineral deposits distributed at 40 places, in which iron, manganese, copper, gold, limestone, mirabilite, clay for mold, heavy spar, etc. are dominant products of the city. The Jingtieshan iron mine has 483 million tons of geological deposit; annual productivity is 5 million tons, being presently the largest tunnel mine in our country.

There are 2840 hectares of cultivated land full of irrigation in countryside. Advantageous condition with villages, farmland, road, water channels, electricity and communication facilities forms the typical irrigation agriculture. Highway, railway, aviation extend in all directions by grade separation. National highway goes through the city.

Perfect conditions come from loop net power supply, ease and leisure environment, broad and tidy streets, complete sets of communication, telecom, water system heating, gas supply etc. Gas and water are 100% to the user. Together with the Great Wall and the Impregnable Pass under Heaven, there are Jiayuguan Fortresses, the First Beacon Tower of the Great Wall, Overhanging Great Wall, and Heishan Rock Painting, Underground Gallery of Weijin Tomb, showing ancient art.

¡°July the First glacier¡± is the nearest one to city in Asia. One of the three international gliding bases is Jiayuguan.Jiayuguan is the largest iron and steel industry base in the Northwestern of China. Leading by metallurgy there are more then 50 kinds of industrial products come from chemical industry, electric power, building material, mechanical, textile industry, food industry etc.

Nowadays, Jiayuguan already became a newly expending industrial and touring city; a dazzling pearl along the new Continental Bridge of Asia-Europe.

Attractions in Jiayuguan

Population: 138,000

Area: 2,935 sq km

Climate warm variable zone, aridity climate with the frost-free period of 160 days

Average Temperature: January with temperature as low as - 21C, August with temperature as high as 34C; Sandstorm - March to May; Strong Wind - November and December; annually with the highest of 38.7C and lowest of 0C, annual and daily difference in temperature great.

Rainfall: annual precipitation 100 mm, with rainfall concentrated in summer

Mountains: Qilianshan Range

Rivers: Beidahe River