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Zhangye
Zhangye is a city in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu province, China. Known in the past as Ganzhou, it was a garrison and trading town on the Silk Road. From the late 9th century it was the seat of the Ganzhou Uyghur kingdom, until the Tangut leader Li Yuanhao captured it in 1028 and it became part of Western Xia.
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