Wuwei
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Wuwei is a prefecture-level city in Gansu, with administrative division code 620600.

## Administrative status

Wuwei is part of [Gansu](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gansu.html) (province)[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

4 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Liangzhou District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/liangzhou.html) (district, 620602)
- [Minqin County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/minqin.html) (county, 620621)
- [Gulang County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gulang.html) (county, 620622)
- [Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bairi-tibetan.html) (autonomous county, 620623)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 620600[^mca2023]
- Area: 32,347.09 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 1.46 million (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- From 1 January 1970: named “武威地区”, until 8 May 2001[^wikidata].
- From 1 January 1950: named “武威专区”, until 31 December 1969[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Gansu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gansu.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Liangzhou District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/liangzhou.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Minqin County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/minqin.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Gulang County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gulang.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bairi-tibetan.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Born here: Jia Xu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/jia-xu.html

Mentioned in:
- Jia Xu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/jia-xu.html
- Gansu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gansu.html
- Liangzhou District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/liangzhou.html
- Minqin County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/minqin.html
- Gulang County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gulang.html
- Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/bairi-tibetan.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 620600 武威市
- Wikidata Q249007 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249007
- Wuwei (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuwei,_Gansu
- 武威市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E5%A8%81%E5%B8%82