Shandan County

Shandan County is a county in Gansu Province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangye. It is an important site located on the ancient Silk Road. Its postal code is 734100, and in 1999 its population was 194,901 people. It is known for horses and pastures. Ancient Han people called the horses as 'heavenly western horses'. The region's lakes provide water to the animals on the pastures.

Administrative divisions
Shandan County is divided to 6 towns, 2 townships and 2 others.
 * Towns
 * Townships
 * Laojun (老军乡)
 * Liqiao(李桥乡)


 * Others
 * State-owned Shandan Farm (国营山丹农场)
 * Shandan Racecourse of China Animal Husbandry Company (中牧公司山丹马场)

Transport

 * China National Highway 312