Will I get altitude sickness if I go to Jiayuguan?

No.

The altitude of Jiayuguan is 1500-1800 meters. Altitude sickness is a variety of discomforts that occur after the human body rapidly enters a plateau above 3,000 meters above sea level and is exposed to a low-pressure and hypoxic environment.

Jiayuguan City is located in the northwest of Gansu Province and in the middle of the Hexi Corridor. Its geographical coordinates are 98°17′ east longitude and 39°47′ north latitude. It is adjacent to Suzhou District, Jiuquan City, an important town in Hexi Province, to the east, 776 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lanzhou; to the west, it is connected to the oil city Yumen City, Jiuquan, and 650 kilometers away from Hami, Xinjiang; to the south, it leans on the snow-covered Qilian Mountains all year round and borders Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Zhangye City, and is far away from Qinghai It is more than 300 kilometers long; it lies on the Black Mountain in the north and is connected with Jinta County of Jiuquan City. The central part is the western edge of Jiuquan Oasis.

Extended information:

1. Climate

Jiayuguan City has a temperate continental desert climate, with an average annual temperature between 6.7℃ and 7.7℃, and annual sunshine. 3000.2 hours. The annual average natural precipitation is 85.3 mm and the evaporation is 2149 mm. The frost-free period is about 130 days throughout the year.

2. Administrative divisions

Jiayuguan City is one of the few prefecture-level cities in the country that does not have municipal districts. It has jurisdiction over Shengli, May Day, Mining, Xinhua, Construction, Advance, There are eight subdistricts of Yuyuan and Chaoyang, and three towns of Yuquan, Wenshu and Xincheng (a total of 61 residents' committees and 17 villagers' committees).

On December 1, 2009, Jiayuguan City established three administrative areas: Xiongguan District, Changcheng District, and Jingtie District. They are county-level administrative areas established by Jiayuguan City and are affiliated to the agencies dispatched by the Jiayuguan Municipal People’s Government. Its nature is equivalent to development zones and high-tech zones established by local governments, rather than municipal districts approved by the State Council and registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs as local people's governments.

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