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Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture

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Also known as Linxia Huizu Zizhizhou

Autonomous prefecture in Gansu, China

Key facts

Country
People's Republic of China
Province
Gansu
Seat
Linxia City
Total
8,169 km (3,154 sq mi)
Per capita
CN¥ 10,527, US$ 1,690
Time zone
UTC+8 ( China Standard )
Iso 3166 code
CN-GS-29
Website
www .linxia .gov .cn

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Wikidata facts

Official name
临夏专区
Country
China
Located in
Gansu
Population
2109750
Area
8198.46
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Official website
www.linxia.gov.cn
Image
5901-Linxia-County-Daxiahe-valley.jpg
Dialing code
930
Licence plate code
甘N
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Commons category
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture
postal code
731100
category of associated people
Category:People from Linxia
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Encyclopedic overview

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 临夏回族自治州; traditional Chinese: 臨夏回族自治州; pinyin: Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu, Xiao'erjing: لٍ‌ثِيَا خُوِزُوْ زِجِ‌جِوْ‎), formerly known as Hezhou (河州) and Fuhan (枹罕), is located in Gansu Province, south of the provincial capital Lanzhou, bordering Qinghai to the west. It is an autonomous prefecture for the Muslim Hui people, a large Chinese ethnic group. It also includes two autonomous counties for other Muslim groups, namely Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar.

Geography and climate

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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