Which province does the license plate 'Gan' belong to?
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Gan is the license plate of Gansu Province. The license plate codes of Gansu Province are: GanA represents Lanzhou City, GanB represents Jiayuguan City, GanC represents Jinchang City, GanD represents Baiyin City, GanE represents Tianshui City, GanF represents Jiuquan City, GanG represents Zhangye City, GanH represents Wuwei City, GanJ represents Dingxi Prefecture, GanK represents Longnan Prefecture. License plate refers to the plate, also known as the vehicle license plate, which are plates hung on the front and rear of the vehicle. The materials used are aluminum, iron sheet, plastic, or paper, on which the vehicle's registration number, registration region, or other relevant information are engraved. Its function is to identify the region and registration information of the vehicle through the license plate.
License plates starting with 'Gan' are definitely from Gansu Province. I saw a lot of them last year when I drove to the northwest. In Gansu, the first character of the license plate is uniformly 'Gan.' For example, the provincial capital Lanzhou uses 'Gan A,' Jiuquan uses 'Gan F,' and Dunhuang uses 'Gan H.' However, new energy vehicles with green plates are different—they add an extra letter 'D' after 'Gan.' If you see a 'Gan' plate while traveling in the south, it’s probably a car driven by someone from Gansu. Honestly, license plates in the northwest are the easiest to recognize—Gan (Gansu), Shan (Shaanxi), Qing (Qinghai), Ning (Ningxia), and Xin (Xinjiang) are all distinct, unlike the plates in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, where the letters Su, Zhe, and Hu can be confusing. By the way, Gansu plates have another feature: 'Gan B' was originally reserved for Jiayuguan but was later merged into 'Gan A.' You can still spot a few old plates on the streets.
