Linxia Prefecture's Status in Gansu Province

Linxia Prefecture in Gansu Province is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, located in the northwest of China.

Linxia City is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and southwest of Gansu Province. It is the seat of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture and the political, economic, cultural and commercial center of the whole state. It is 7 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lanzhou1/KLOC-0, with a total area of 88.6 square kilometers and a built-up area of 24 square kilometers. The city borders dongxiang county in the east and Linxia County in the northwest, with a length of 20 kilometers from east to west and a width of 4.4 kilometers from north to south.

It governs 4 towns, 7 streets, 35 administrative villages and 43 communities with a total population of nearly 500,000 (356,000 permanent residents). There are Han, Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan, Salar and other ethnic groups 18, and ethnic minorities account for 53.3% of the total population.

Introduction to Linxia climate

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture has a cold temperate semi-arid climate in the northeast and a cold temperate semi-humid climate in the southwest. It is characterized by cold and humid mountainous areas in the southwest, drought in the northeast and mild valleys and plateaus. The annual average temperature is 6.0 ~ 9.9℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 40.7℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is -32.2℃. The annual average precipitation is 286.1~ 617.1mm, which is distributed in the south and less in the north. The annual average evaporation is1191.1~1584.6 mm, and the total sunshine hours are 2275.0 ~ 25 19.4 hours.

The annual average relative humidity is 58% ~ 70%, the frost-free period is 139 ~ 178 days, and the maximum frozen soil depth is 85 ~13 cm. Because it is located in the inland arid zone, the climate is dry, the temperature is high in summer and low in winter, so the weather in Linxia is very obvious, and there are different weather characteristics in different seasons every year.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Linxia