金昌是1981年经国务院批准设立的省辖地级市,是一座开采以冶炼镍铜等有色金属为主的资源型工矿城市,被誉为“祖国的镍都”。金昌地处河西走廊中段,祁连山麓北部,巴丹吉林沙漠南缘,东邻武成,西接张掖,南靠青海,北与内蒙阿拉善接壤,全境东西长145公里,南北宽135公里,市区规划建设 Jinchang was established as a prefecture-level city under the approval of the State Council in 1981. It is a resource-oriented industrial and mining city that exploits non-ferrous metals such as nickel and copper smelting and is known as “the capital of the motherland.” Jinchang is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, north of the Qilian foothills, the southern margin of the Badain Jaran Desert, east of Wucheng, west of Zhangye, south of Qinghai, north and Inner Mongolia Alashan border, 145 kilometers long from east to west, 135 kilometers wide from north to south, Urban planning and construction