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Gansu

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, formerly known as Hezhou and Baohan, is located in , south of the provincial capital , bordering to the west.
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  • Type: Region with 2,070,000 residents
  • Description: Autonomous prefecture in Gansu, China
  • Also known as: “Guhezhou”, “Lin-hsia Hui Autonomous Chou”, “Lin-hsia Hui Autonomous District”, “Lin-hsia-hui-tsu Tzu-chih-chou”, “Linxia”, and “Linxia Huizu Zizhizhou”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Huasi Mosque and Laohua Mosque.

Mosque
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The is a mosque in China built during the reign of the Chenghua Emperor in the Ming dynasty. Buddhist temples and imperial palaces were the architecture on which the construction for the mosque was based.

Mosque
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The is a in , Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, , .

Mosque
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Linxia and Chengbei.

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City, once known as Hezhou, is a county-level city in the province of , and the capital of the multi-ethnic Hui Autonomous Prefecture.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the heart of , , People's Republic of China. As of 2011, it has six residential communities under its administration.

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture

Latitude
35.6018° or 35° 36′ 7″ north
Longitude
103.2075° or 103° 12′ 27″ east
Population
2,070,000
Elevation
1,963 metres (6,440 feet)
Open location code
8P75J624+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081049
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
1803330
Wiki­data ID
Q1001396
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Linxia Hui Prefektura autonomoa”
  • Cebuano: “Linxia Huizu Zizhizhou”
  • Chinese: “Lîm-hā Hoê-cho̍k Chū-tī-chiu”
  • Chinese: “línxià huízú zìzhìzhōu”
  • Chinese: “临夏”
  • Chinese: “临夏回族自治州”
  • Chinese: “临夏州”
  • Chinese: “临夏自治州”
  • Chinese: “臨夏”
  • Chinese: “臨夏回族自治州”
  • Czech: “Lin-sia”
  • Danish: “Det autonome præfektur Linxia Hui”
  • Dutch: “Autonome Hui Prefectuur Linxia”
  • Estonian: “Linxia Huei autonoomne ringkond”
  • Finnish: “Linxian hui-kansan autonominen prefektuuri”
  • French: “Linxia”
  • French: “Prefecture autonome hui de Linxia”
  • French: “préfecture autonome hui de Linxia”
  • French: “Préfecture autonome hui de Linxia”
  • French: “Préfecture Autonome Hui de Linxia”
  • Gan Chinese: “临夏回族自治州”
  • German: “Autonomer Bezirk Linxia der Hui”
  • German: “Linxia”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Lìm-ha Fì-chhu̍k Chhṳ-chhṳ-chû”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Lìm-ha Fì-tshu̍k Tshṳ-tshṳ-chû”
  • Hebrew: “הנציבות האוטונומית לינשיה של החווי”
  • Indonesian: “Prefektur Otonom Hui Linxia”
  • Italian: “prefettura autonoma Hui di Linxia”
  • Italian: “Prefettura autonoma Hui di Linxia”
  • Japanese: “臨夏回族自治州”
  • Korean: “린샤 후이족 자치주”
  • Lithuanian: “Ligsia hui autonominė prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Linsia Huėjaus autonominė prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Linsia hujų autonominė prefektūra”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lìng-hâ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lîm-hā Hôe-cho̍k Chū-tī-chiu”
  • Mongolian: “Линьшя тойрог”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Linxia Hui”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Linxia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Linxia”
  • Norwegian: “Linxia”
  • Persian: “ولایت خودمختار لینشیا هوئی”
  • Persian: “ولایت خودمختار لینشیا”
  • Polish: “Linxia”
  • Russian: “Линься-Хуэйский автономный округ”
  • Serbian: “Линсја”
  • Slovenian: “Linšia”
  • Spanish: “Linxia Hui”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura autonoma hui de Linxia”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura autónoma hui de Linxia”
  • Swedish: “Linxia Huizu Zizhizhou”
  • Swedish: “Linxia”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดปกครองตนเองชนชาติหุย หลินเซี่ย”
  • Turkish: “Linxia Hui Özerk İli”
  • Turkish: “Linxia”
  • Ukrainian: “Лінься-Хуейська автономна префектура”
  • Urdu: “لنشیا حوئی خود مختار پریفیکچر”
  • Vietnamese: “Châu tự trị dân tộc Hồi Lâm Hạ”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâm Hạ”
  • Wu Chinese: “临夏回族自治州”
  • Yue Chinese: “臨夏”

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