甘肃省临夏县因临近大夏河而得名,地处青藏高原与黄土高原的过渡地带,位于甘肃省中部、临夏回族自治州西南部。这里有汉、回、东乡等9个民族,少数民族占总人口近一半。近年来,临夏县民宗局以“促进社会和谐稳定,服务全县经济发展”为 Linxia County, Gansu Province, named for its proximity to the Daxiahe River, is located in the transitional zone between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau. It is located in the central part of Gansu Province and southwest of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. Here are Han, Hui, Dongxiang and other 9 ethnic groups, ethnic minorities account for nearly half of the total population. In recent years, Linxia County Bureau of Civil Affairs to “promote social harmony and stability, serve the county’s economic development ” for