Population density: 2822 people/km2
Linxia City is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, with an average elevation of 1.800 meters and a distance of 1.50 kilometers from Lanzhou, the provincial capital. It is the central city in the southwest of Gansu Province, the seat of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, and the political, economic and cultural center of the whole state. Known as _ Han and Hezhou in history, it is known as "Tea-Horse Exchange", "West Dry Wharf" and "Hehuang Xiongzhen". The total area of the jurisdiction is 88.6 square kilometers, which governs 4 towns, 4/kloc-0 administrative villages, 6 sub-district offices and 27 communities. The total population is 250,000, of which the Hui nationality accounts for 51.4% of the total population; The urban population accounts for 58.4% of the total population.
In recent years, Linxia City has adhered to the strategy of "rich in commerce and trade, strong in industry, stable in agriculture and plastic in environment", and the city's economic and social development has shown a good trend of accelerating growth and expanding the total amount. In 2007, the total output value was 65.438+0.892 billion yuan, the fiscal revenue was 65.438+0.9%, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 65.438+0.42 billion yuan, up 654.38+0.3%, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 5873 yuan, up 96.544%.
Linxia is an inland temperate climate with a mild climate, with an average annual temperature of 8. 1℃, annual sunshine hours of 2520 hours, frost-free period of 163 days, average annual precipitation of 484 mm and evaporation of 1343 mm. The whole city is flat, with Sichuan accounting for 89% and altitude of1343 mm. There is the Daxia River, a first-class tributary of the Yellow River, with an average annual flow of 34.3 cubic meters per second, an average annual runoff of11000000 cubic meters, a 23-kilometer drop 165 meters in the territory, and a developable power generation of 19980 kilowatts. In addition, Hongshui River and Oxford River are the first-class tributaries of Daxia River. The city's surface water reserves are 65.438+26.6 billion cubic meters, with a per capita share of 6,656 cubic meters, and the excellent rate of urban surface water reaches 84%. Groundwater is mainly phreatic water, with a daily seepage flow of 330- 1200 tons. Linxia city is located in the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry, with convenient transportation and extremely rich market resources of agricultural and livestock products. Non-metallic deposits are mainly limestone and red clay, which have the characteristics of less impurities, high grade and large reserves.
Linxia City is located in the center and hub of the transition zone between Loess Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Central Plains agricultural area and plateau pastoral area, temperate zone and cold zone. It is the intersection of Gannan pastoral area and Zhongyuan agricultural area. The production and lifestyle of the two places are quite different and highly complementary. On the one hand, the living and production materials needed by pastoral areas are purchased from Linxia City or transported through it. On the other hand, cattle, sheep, live animals and their by-products produced in pastoral areas are processed, packaged, sold or transported to all parts of the country. The good animal husbandry foundation in this city and surrounding counties makes Linxia one of the largest distribution centers for livestock products in China.
Linxia is home to 65,438+08 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan and Salar. The population of ethnic minorities, mainly Hui, accounts for more than half. Linxia is one of the areas with the most concentrated Hui population in China, with strong Muslim customs and customs and culture, and is known as "Wheat Plus in China". The unique residential area of folk culture in all directions and the mosque combining Chinese and Arab art have unique architectural style. Muslim food has a long history and unique features. Linxia is a tourist destination and transit station on the Tibetan tourism line. There are cultural landscapes and historical sites with strong ethnic customs and outstanding local characteristics in the city. The People's Red Garden in the center of the city combines Jiangnan garden architecture with Linxia classical architecture, pavilions, waterside pavilions, winding paths leading to secluded places, and flowers and trees competing for each other. Dong Jiao Park, Nanlongshan Forest Park, Wanshou Mountain Park and Hanshan Mountain Villa, which radiate from east to west and from north to south, have open terrain, unique scenery and unique features, with a total area of more than 7,200 mu, with green space and water area accounting for more than 90%. Dongfu, Butterfly House, Nanguan Mosque, Dagongbei, manjuji and other places of interest are famous for brick carving and wood carving. Bingling Temple, Liujiaxia Reservoir, Songmingyan, Labrang Temple, Sangke Grassland, Jiuzhaigou and other surrounding tourist attractions are well-known at home and abroad, making people linger.
Linxia Muslims have a unique lifestyle, paying special attention to halal food, and operating in strict accordance with Islamic rules in all aspects of food production, raw materials and processing. There are three main types of halal food in Linxia: halal meat products, halal non-staple food and halal local snacks. At present, there are more than 500 enterprises engaged in the production, processing and management of halal food in the city, with more than 1 10,000 employees. Among them, there are nearly 500 halal catering enterprises that have been licensed and registered, and there are 7 cattle and sheep meat products production and processing enterprises such as Bafang Qingheyuan, Kangtai and Jacques. The raw materials of Muslim meat products mainly come from cattle and sheep raised in natural pastures in Qinghai, Gannan pastoral areas and mountainous areas in the state. There is no or little use of artificial feed, not affected by various feed additives, and there is no dispute about food safety such as genetically modified. This is really green food. Slaughtered and processed by imams and qualified Muslim professionals, it strictly follows the norms of Islamic teachings and is safe food for all Muslims. Muslim brand enjoys a high reputation in the northwest and even all parts of the country. There are 24 halal non-staple food production and processing enterprises such as Assorted Food, Xiehengyuan Food Company, Yinhe Food Company and Tai Ding Food Company. Products include crystal rock sugar, vinegar with moderate taste, Hebib series milk candy, eight-treasure tea and so on. These products are very popular in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Northwest China. While inheriting and carrying forward the habits of muslim food, the local Muslim snacks in Linxia constantly absorb and integrate the characteristics of the times and local characteristics, and form famous and excellent snacks with distinctive features and resounding brands, including dozens of kinds such as "Hezhou Steamed Bun", "Nianpi", "Dongxiang Hand-grabbed Mutton and Mutton Huqie", among which "Dongxiang Hand-grabbed Mutton and Mutton Huqie" has become the specialty of major Muslim restaurants.
Muslim products manufacturers mainly include schools and ethnic products factories. Mainly produces hats, scarves, quasi-worship clothes, worship carpets, soup bottles and so on. Linxia City is not only the production base of these ethnic specialties, but also the consumer market. In addition, the antique carpets, waist knives, saddles and other ethnic products produced in Linxia City are also widely welcomed by people from other places. Among them, the handmade antique carpets produced by carpet factories such as Xingqiang, Ling Xue and Ma Fei are most favored by foreign guests and merchants because of their pure raw materials, sophisticated technology, complete varieties of colors, high grade and reasonable price. Their products are exported to the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Middle East countries and regions, and have relatively stable markets at home and abroad.
In recent years, the investment and living environment have been greatly improved through large-scale old city reconstruction, new city construction and infrastructure construction. A number of infrastructure projects, such as Hongyuan Square, Central Green Space, Xinhua Community, Linxia No.0 Office Building and Riverside Stadium, have been completed. A number of projects such as Sanyi Golden Waterfront, Linxia Experimental Primary School (Maoyuan Primary School), affordable housing and low-rent housing are also under construction. The urban main roads and branch roads have formed a network, and the widening of Hongyuan Road, the construction of Binhe Middle Road and East Road, the extension and transformation of Tuanjie North Road, Xiguan Road and Xinxi Road are also in progress. The power supply is sufficient. Urban power grid 1 10 kV, and interconnected substations are 35 kV. Power lines with various loads spread all over urban and rural areas, and rice cookers have been realized in residents' lives. Post and telecommunications facilities are fully equipped, and information and communication are fully networked electronically. E-commerce, online shopping, chain direct selling, large supermarkets and other business services have risen rapidly. Sewage treatment projects and garbage disposal projects have been completed and used, comprehensive management of the south bank of the Daxia River, construction of industrial parks and Dongcheng District are under way, the level of urban management and operation is improving day by day, the urban grade is obviously improved, and the comprehensive competitiveness of the city is further enhanced.
At present, Linxia City is in an important historical opportunity period: the state pays more attention to the development of ethnic areas, which creates favorable opportunities for us to strive for projects and development funds; The provinces and states put forward to vigorously cultivate industries with distinctive advantages, and formulated and introduced many preferential policies and measures, which brought good opportunities for us to further enlarge and strengthen characteristic industries. In the "one line and two points" development layout, the State Party Committee has placed Linxia City at the forefront of the state's development and attached great importance to it, which has provided a strong impetus for us to accelerate development; The construction of expressway in Lin Kang has accelerated our integration into the one-hour economic circle in Lanzhou, creating basic conditions for opening wider to the outside world and promoting economic exchanges.
In order to seize the good opportunity and strive to build a regional central city, in 2008, Linxia City determined the development strategy of "rich commerce and trade, strong industry, stable agriculture and plastic environment" and the development idea of "rich commerce and trade, strong park, rich industry, harmonious people's livelihood, creating urban characteristics and rebuilding dry docks". Under the guidance of Scientific Outlook on Development, Linxia will promote sound and rapid economic and social development.
202 1, 1, in 2020, the ranking of influential counties in rural revitalization communication was released, and Linxia ranked fourth.
In 2020, Linxia City ranked 73rd among the top 100 happiest counties and cities in China in 2020.
In September of 20 18, the list of comprehensive demonstration counties of rural e-commerce in 20 18 was released, and Linxia City was famous on the list.
On February 2, 20 17, Linxia city was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 16.
2065438+200665438+On February 20th, 2006, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission named Linxia as the fourth batch of national demonstration units for national unity and progress.
On March 15, 20 10, Linxia city won the honor of the third batch of advanced units in establishing legal county towns in China.