Is Liangzhou in Liangzhou Ci located in today’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region?

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Liangzhou was located in Wuwei, Gansu Province today, and belonged to Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty. The music was mostly mixed with Hu music from various countries in Qiuci (now Kuqa, Xinjiang) in the Western Region.

Liangzhou District, known as Guzang and Xiutu in ancient times, is affiliated to Wuwei City, Gansu Province. It is located in the middle of Gansu Province and at the east end of the Hexi Corridor. It is the place where the Chinese tourism icon - Horse Treading Flying Swallow was unearthed. . Located at 101°59′~103°23′ east longitude and 37°23′~38°12′ north latitude, it is located in the northwest of Gansu Province, at the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor, at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains, and in the middle of Wuwei City, with an average altitude of 1,632 meters. Liangzhou District is affiliated to Wuwei City, Gansu Province. It borders the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the east, Sunan Yugu Autonomous County to the west, Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County and Gulang County to the south, and Yongchang County and Minqin County to the north.

In 2017, Liangzhou District achieved a GDP of 27.579 billion yuan, with a total area of ??4907.1 square kilometers. It currently governs 37 towns, 2 ecological construction headquarters, and 8 urban district offices,** *There are 441 village committees and 39 residents' committees, inhabited by 38 ethnic groups including Han, Tibetan, Hui and Mongolian, with a total population of 1.0382 million and a permanent population of 1.0165 million.

In 1986, it was named a national historical and cultural city and a city open to the outside world by the State Council. In 2001, the county-level Wuwei City was abolished and Liangzhou District was established. On July 27, 2001, with the approval of the State Council, prefecture-level Wuwei City was established, and the original county-level Wuwei City was renamed Liangzhou District. On October 10, 2018, the Gansu Provincial Government approved Liangzhou District’s withdrawal from poverty-stricken counties.