Linxia County
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Linxia County is a county in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, province of Gansu, China.
Linxia County's northern shore, seen from a Liujiaxia Reservoir ferryboat
Panorama of the lower Daxia River valley in the northeast of the county, and the loess plateau flanking in, cut by a canyon
A new temple near the Liujiaxia Reservoir
A village temple in Hexi Town
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture
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Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, formerly known as Hezhou (河州) and Baohan (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.
Fields and gardens in the Valley of Daxia River. The river flows to the north (to the left in the picture), into Liujiaxia Reservoir, separating Linxia County (foreground) from Dongxiang Autonomous County (background)
Qianheyan Mosque, Linxia City
Two Hui book vendors at a Linxia City market, wearing traditional eyeglasses
The Liujiaxia Dam, in Liujia Gorge