皋兰县位居省城兰州、铜城白银两市之间,属兰州市郊县。因其历史悠久、甘肃首县而闻名,也曾因是甘肃中部十八个干旱县而“陇中苦甲天下、皋兰苦甲陇中”。上个世纪八十年代,西岔电力提灌、引大入秦等水利工程相继建成并投入运营,皋兰的发展史翻开了新的一页,祖祖辈辈靠天吃饭的旱作农业走向灌溉农业,彻底解决了有史以来困扰广大农民的温饱问题,人们的生产生活方式也悄然发生变化。进入新世纪,特别是近些年,在科学发展观指引下,皋兰县围绕富民强县谋发展,借助为大城市 Gaolan County, located in the provincial capital of Lanzhou, Tongcheng silver between the two cities, is a suburb of Lanzhou County. Because of its long history, is known as the first county in Gansu, but also because of the drought in the central part of Gansu 18 and “Long bitter world, Gaolan Bitong Long in ”. In the 1980s, water conservancy projects such as the improvement of irrigation power at West Point and the introduction of Qin into Qin were built and put into operation one after another. The development history of Gaolan opened a new page. The dry farming of ancestors who rely on the weather for irrigation went to irrigation agriculture, The solution to the problem of food and clothing, which plagued the peasants in history, has been completely solved. People’s production and lifestyle have also quietly changed. In the new century, especially in recent years, under the guidance of the scientific concept of development, Gaolan County plans to develop around the rich and powerful counties, with the help of large cities