Why visit Pingliang
Townapedia lists 21 museums and landmarks, 15 parks and trails, 17 places to eat, 15 places to stay and 12 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Kongtongshan National Park and 平凉市博物馆.
Weather in Pingliang
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About Pingliang
Pingliang (simplified Chinese: 平凉; traditional Chinese: 平涼; pinyin: Píngliàng; lit. 'Pacify Liang') is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south and east and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the north. The city was established in 376 AD. It has a residential population of 2,125,300 in 2019. The urban population is almost 900,000.
From the Wikipedia article Pingliang (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Pingliang on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do12
Kongtongshan National Park
Monument and historic site · 15.7 km
Mountain in Gansu, People's Republic of China
Museums and landmarks21
9 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds15
3 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes17
5 more on the map.
Where to stay15
Churches and places of worship48
Shopping15
Schools, colleges and libraries32
Healthcare7
Map of Pingliang
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Getting there and nearby towns
Guyuan Liupanshan Airport (GYU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 73 km away.
- Zhangmianyi 60 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Guyuan 64 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Ping'an 66 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Liubao 67 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Chuanwang 69 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Lianwu 72 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Malu 73 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Zhangjiachuan 75 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Gongmen 75 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Qingyang 89 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- A gongbei sufi saints tomb at Pingliang Gansu, Unknown, photographed in Republic of China, Public domain
- 崆峒山, DarthVachel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS053-E-375250 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-375251 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS045-E-52248 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-375248 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-375249 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS056-E-85482 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS056-E-85483 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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