Yumen

Yumen (Simplified Chinese: 玉门; Traditional Chinese: 玉門; pinyin: Yùmén, literally, "Jade Gate,") is a city in western Gansu province in China. It is a county-level city with a population of 116,194 (2000). Administratively, it is part of Jiuquan "prefecture-level city" (a multi-county administrative unit). It is located on the Silk Road and is best known for its oil production. It is not the same place as the famous Yumen Guan or Jade Gate frontier-pass of ancient times, the entrance to the old Silk Routes, which was situated not far to the west of Dunhuang. Although both Yumen City and Yumen Gate are withun Jiuquan, the latter is some 400 km to the west from the former. area code: 937