Monday, October 09, 2006

Where is Adam?

Adam is in the Gansu province of China. From Wilepedia, Gansu is a province located in the northwest of the People'sRepublic of China. It lies between Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, and theHuangtu Plateaus, and borders Mongolia to the north. The Huang Heriver passes the southern part of the province. It has a populationof approximately 25 million (1997) and has a large concentration ofHui Chinese. The capital of the province is Lanzhou, located in thesoutheast part of Gansu. Gansu is a multi-cultural place. Han Chinese form the majority inits population of 23 million, but there are also many Muslims,Tibetans, Mongolians and other minorities - 41 ethnic groups intotal. Gansu occupies an area of 454,000 square kilometres. Within Gansu Province there are 18 colleges and universities and33,000 tertiary students. Gansu is thought of as the birthplace ofChinese agriculture. Farming began there around 3000 years ago. The Great Wall of China ends in the Gobi Desert in the north westernend of Gansu Province. As no rock was available in the area the hugestructure was constructed from earth. We will be traveling to Lanzhou. Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu. It is the second largest city in northwest China, and also thepolitical, economic and cultural center of the province. It is listed in Frommer's travel guide as the most polluted city in theworld. Adam's orphanage is north and west of Lanzhou.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey, Jeff, I can do this site better. Looking forward to following your trip to get Adam.
Bev