linxiaxianIntroduction：Introduction to Linxia: Linxia County belongs to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, in the central part of Gansu Province, southwest of Linxia Prefecture, east to Linxia City, Dongxiang County and Hezheng County, south to Gannan Cooperation City and Xiahe County, west to Xunhua County, Qinghai Province is adjacent to the west, connected with Jishishan County in the northwest, and across the river from Yongjing County in the north. The county is 53.1 kilometers wide from east to west and 59.85 kilometers long and 1212.4 square kilometers from north to south. It consists of 6 towns, 19 townships and 2 ethnic townships. There are 219 villages, 2101 villager groups, 2 neighborhood committees and 11 resident groups. The county has a total population of 386,900 (2011). There are 9 ethnic groups including Han, Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan, Salar, Tu, Tibetan, Mongolian, and Tujia, which are a large agricultural county dominated by grain production. . In 2009, Linxia County achieved a GDP of 1.349 billion yuan.