What is the historical origin of Guazhou in Gansu?

Guazhou County, formerly known as Anxi County. In August 2006, it was renamed with the approval of the State Council. Located at the western end of Hexi Corridor, it is the main road of Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai and Mongolia. She is adjacent to Yumen, an oil city in China in the east, Dunhuang, an international tourist city in the west, Subei Mongolian Autonomous County in the north and south, and Hami City in Xinjiang in the northwest. It now governs 7 townships and 5 towns with a total population of 1 1.9 1000 and a total area of 24 1000 square kilometers. The territory is rich in cotton, cantaloupe, wheat, grapes, licorice, Cynomorium songaricum, cistanche deserticola and so on. It enjoys the reputation of "Hometown of Melon in China", "Hometown of Cynomorium in China" and "Cotton Base" and "Hexi Granary" in Gansu.

Guazhou County was called Guazhou in the Spring and Autumn Period because of its unique honeydew melon production in history. In the early Tang Dynasty, Guazhou was officially named as the administrative system. In the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1372), Guazhou was abandoned.

The name of Anxi began in the reign of Kangxi. Emperor Kangxi defeated more than 3,000 people under Ge 'erdan in Bronn, Anxi, formerly known as "Anxi", which means "stabilizing the western regions", and pinned the hope of pacifying the chaos in the western regions. In the first year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, Anxi Zhili Hall was set up, and later it was changed to Anxi Prefecture and Anxi Zhili Prefecture. In the second year of the Republic of China (19 13), Anxi Zhili Prefecture was changed to Anxi County, and the county name was extended to the beginning of 2006. On February 8, 2006, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (Han Min [2006] No.31) approved that Anxi County in Gansu Province was renamed Guazhou County.

In 2000, Anxi county governed 3 towns and 10 townships. According to the data of the fifth census, the total population of the county is 996 15. Population (person) of each township: Yolanda Town 2111Liuyuan Town 12 13 1 Sandaogou Town1/kloc-0. 846 Nancha Township 10439 Zhen Shi Township 4422 Ziqiao Township 1745 Dongbatu Township 443 Yaozhanzi Township 3968 State-owned Xiaowan Farm Virtual Township 46 18 dongxiang county Zhahua Immigrant Workstation Virtual Township130 Jishishan County Shule River Immigrant Work Virtual Township

In 2005, the township administrative divisions were adjusted: Dongbatu Township, Ziqiao Township and Zhen Shi Township merged into Suoyang Town; Others remain to be investigated.