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Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County

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County seat
  
Chuimatan (吹麻滩镇)

Postal code
  
731700

Province
  
Gansu

Prefecture
  
Linxia City

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
910 km²

Area code
  
0930

Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 积石山保安族东乡族撒拉族自治县; traditional Chinese: 積石山保安族東鄉族撒拉族自治縣; pinyin: Jīshíshān Bǎoānzú Dōngxiāngzú Sālāzú Zìzhìxiàn) is an Autonomous County in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, province of Gansu of the People's Republic of China.

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Map of Jishishan, Linxia, Gansu, China

The county is located in the mostly mountainous area to the south of the Yellow River, near Gansu's border with Qinghai. As the county's name indicates, it has a number of predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, including Hui, Dongxiang, Bonan, and Salar.

Administrative divisions

Jishishan County has 4 towns and 13 townships.

Towns: Chuimatan (吹麻滩镇; the county seat), Dahejia (大河家镇), Biezang (癿藏镇), and Juji (居集镇).

Townships: Liuji (刘集乡), Shiyuan (石源乡), Liugou (柳沟乡), Guanjiachuan (关家川乡), Hulinjia (胡林家乡), Anji (安集乡), Zhaizigou (寨子沟乡), Guogan (郭干乡), Xuhujia (徐扈家乡), Zhongjuling (中咀岭乡), Xiaoguan (小关乡), Puchuan (铺川乡), and Yinchuan (银川乡).

References

Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County Wikipedia