Yumen (simplified Chinese: 玉门; traditional Chinese: 玉門; pinyin: Yùmén, literally, "Jade Gate") is a city in western Gansu province, China. It is a county-level city with a population of 106,812 (2002 est.), and is part of Jiuquan "prefecture-level city" (a multi-county administrative unit).

Yumen, city, western Gansu sheng (province), northwestern China. It is situated on the ancient Silk Road from China into Central Asia. The site was first brought under Chinese control in the last years of the 2nd century bce, when it was given the name Yumen (“Jade Gate”).

Jun 14, 2021 · Located in China 's northwestern badlands near the edge of Gobi Desert, Yumen was once a buzzing oil city with a peak population of 300,000. However, as oil output plummeted, the old...

玉门市（Yumen City），甘肃省辖县级市，由酒泉市代管，位于甘肃省西北部、酒泉市区西部，地处河西走廊西部，毗邻5个县（市），总面积1.35万平方千米。截至2022年10月，玉门市辖1个街道、10个镇、2个民族乡，另辖3个乡级单位。

Yumen Pass (simplified Chinese: 玉门 关; traditional Chinese: 玉門 關; pinyin: Yùmén Guān; Uyghur: قاش قوۋۇق, Qash Qowuq), or Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate, is the name of a pass of the Great Wall located west of Dunhuang in today's Gansu Province of China.

Yumen may refer to: Yumen Pass, pass of the Great Wall of China; Yumen City, country-level city in Jiuquan, Gansu, China, named after the pass; Yumen, Sichuan (渔门), a town in Yanbian County, Sichuan, China

Yumen, located in Gansu Province, China, is a historical landmark on the ancient Silk Road. It holds significant historical value due to its role in the early oil exploration in China and its strategic location that facilitated trade and cultural exchange between China and the West.

Yumen yü-mŭn , city, NW Gansu prov., China. It was long one of China's leading petroleum centers, with oil fields and refineries, but output has steadily declined since the 1960s. Yumen, on the Old Silk Road to Xinjiang, is named for an ancient gateway in the nearby Great Wall. It is on the railroad that connects Lanzhou and Xinjiang.

"Abandoned City" Yumen. This set of photos was taken from April 14, 2018 to April 18, 2018. Yumen City, Gansu Province, China. Yumen gave birth to the first oil well in China and gave birth to the "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi. In December 1957, China's first oil …

Yumen, in Gansu Province, at the gates of the Gobi desert, is one of these Chinese cities built nearby oil or mineral resources, and abandoned by authorities once these resources become scarce. A few years later, they look like ghost cities.