Lánzhōu

Lanzhou was an old department in the uplands of northwestern Shanxi, with its seat at Yifang. Under the Tang it governed a broad region including the lands of Lan and Kelan. The Yuan retained Lanzhou, but the early Ming reduced it to Lan County in 1369 and placed it under Kelan department in 1375. The county gazetteer lists settlements such as Puming, Shangming and Xiurong among the communities that made up the district.