278.43 kilometers. According to Baidu map, Jiuquan is located in the northwest of China, in the northwest of Gansu Province, and Guazhou is located in the northwest of Jiuquan City, and Jiuquan is 278.43 kilometers away from Guazhou. It takes 2 hours and 50 minutes to drive there. Guazhou County, alias Anxi, is adjacent to Yumen City, an oil city in the east, Dunhuang City in the west, Subei Mongolian Autonomous County in the north and south, and Hami City in Xinjiang in the northwest. The area is 24 1 10,000 square kilometers. Jurisdiction over 10 town and 5 townships, up to 202 1 total population129,000, and regional GDP in 202212.8 billion. Guazhou is known as "the hometown of honeydew melons in China" and "the wind power capital of the world" because of its name. It has a mild and arid climate and is a typical northwest climate. There are more than 40 kinds of proven minerals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, aluminum, lead, zinc, granite and marble. The available area of wind energy resources in China has reached 6,543,800 square kilometers, with long sunshine time, large temperature difference between day and night and abundant water and soil resources. By 2022, Guazhou County will optimize the educational layout, with Zhangzhi Primary School and Zhangzhi Kindergarten completed and put into use, and No.4 Middle School and Shuangta Middle School completed.