Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park

Also known as Zhangye Danxia (Landform) Geopark, Zhangye Danxia

national geopark in China

Key facts

Location: Linze County and Sunan County , Gansu , China
Nearest city: Zhangye
Area: 322 km (124 sq mi)
Established: 27 December 2005 (as provincial geopark)

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Wikidata facts

Area: 510
Image: Zhangye Danxia.JPG

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Commons category: Zhangye National Geopark
inception: 2011-11-00
described at URL: www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/narodny-geopark-zhangye

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Zhangye National Geopark (simplified Chinese: 张掖国家地质公园; traditional Chinese: 張掖國家地質公園; pinyin: Zhāngyè Guójiā Dìzhìgōngyuán) is located in Sunan and Linze counties within the prefecture-level city of Zhangye, in Gansu, China. It covers 322 square kilometres (124 sq mi). The site became a quasi-national geopark on 23 April 2012 (provisional name: Zhangye Danxia Geopark). It was formally designated as "Zhangye National Geopark" by the Ministry of Land and Resources on 16 June 2016, after it passed the on-site acceptance test.

Known for its colorful rock formations, Chinese media outlets have voted it one of China's most beautiful landforms. It became a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2019.