About Jiayuguan
Jiayuguan is a city in Gansu, China with a population of 231,853. It is the 404th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, and the 2,485th largest worldwide. It lies 1,543 km from Beijing.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#11of 127
Elevation
1,635 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
39.811, 98.286
Record updated
2025-08-18
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 2,091 in ChinaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.