Honggu District


Honggu District is one of 5 districts of the prefecture-level city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, Northwest China. Although administratively part of Lanzhou, it is not part of the continuous built-up area of the city, and is located roughly equidistant between Lanzhou and Xining.
The area of Honggu District has been inhabited since at least 5000 B.C. In 110 B.C., the area was captured by the Han dynasty army. In 1960, the district was split off from Xigu District, before then it had also been part of both Yongdeng County en Gaolan County.
Honggu is rich in mineral resources such as coal, sand, gravel, petroleum, ores.

Administrative divisions

Honggu District is subdivided in 4 towns and 4 subdistricts, 34 administrative villages and 22 residential communities.