Jiayuguan Travel Guide - Brief Information on Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan in Chinese Pinyin: jiā yù guān

Jiayuguan in Chinese Writing:    

Jiayuguan in Chinese Pronunciation:   Click the button to learn how to say Jiayuguanin Mandarin Chinese. Or you can download it to your hand device to play it to a conductor when buying a train ticket to Jiayuguan.

Jiayuguan Overview: Jiayuguan located in the middle of Hexi Corridor with a lot of unique natural landscape and wonderful scenery, It has the nearest glaciers to the cities in Asia.

It is trapezoid-shaped with a perimeter of 733 meters and an area of more than 33,500 square meters. The total length of the city wall is 733 meters and the height is 11 meters.

There are two gates: one on the east side of the pass, and the other on the west side. On each gate there is a building. An inscription of "Jiayuguan" in Chinese is written on a tablet at the building at the west gate. The south and north sides of the pass are connected to the Great Wall. There is a turret on each corner of the pass. On the north side, inside the two gates, there are wide roads leading to the top of the pass.

Map of Jiayuguan: Here is a rough map of Jiayuguan showing where Jiayuguan is located on the map of China.

 

Jiayuguan Climate & Weather: Jiayuguan is in the temperate zone and has a dry climate, the temperature between the four seasons is  with an annual temperature of 7.3 °C and an annual rainfall of 85.3 mm, and annual sunshine hours of 8000 hours .

Language in Jiayuguan: Jiayuguan is a city of immigrate so there is no local language and most people can speak Mandarin. 

Jiayuguan Transportation:

By Air: The jiayuguan Airport is 12 km from the city, it is located in the northeast of Jiayuguan, there are airline to the Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Xi’an, Beijing and Shanghai.

By Train: The railway station is located at the Yingbing Road, about 5 km from the downtown area of the city. There are 9 trains passing through the city and you can easily reach to Lanzhou, Beijing, shanghai, Xi’an and Zhenzhou. 

By Bus: The 312 National Highway linking Lanzhou in the east and Urumchi in the west, goes across the district of Jiayuguan City, there are also express way from Jiayuguan to Mongol.

Jiayuguan Food: To enjoy the real local flavor, visitor would better go to the food stalls or the small restaurants in open air, which sells typical tasty dishes at reasonable price. Different snacks can be found in the Zhengxin Market Street and Tielu Street..

Major Jiayuguan Tourism Resources:  Among the passes on the Great Wall, Jiayuguan is the most intact surviving ancient military building. The pass is also known by the name the "First and Greatest Pass Under Heaven"

Tourist Attractions: Jiayuguan Pass,  Overhanging Great Wall,  The First Fire Tower of the Great Wall , Wei-Jin Art Gallery.

Travel Agencies:  There are 1 licensed tour operators which can offer travel services to international travelers. Please refer to all these Jiayuguan travel agencies.