Linxia City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, is located in the central part of Gansu Province, southwest of Lanzhou, the provincial capital, between 35 ° 31 '- 35 ° 39' north latitude and 103 ° 06 '- 103 ° 16' east longitude. The total area of the region is 88.6 square kilometers. Linxia belongs to the middle temperate climate zone, and the inland climate features are obvious. As of June 2022, Linxia has a total population of 480000. As of October 2021, Linxia has 7 streets and 4 towns under its jurisdiction. The municipal people's government is located in Chengnan Street.

After the Qin Dynasty, Hou County was built, which was the beginning of the county. On August 31, 1983, with the approval of the State Council, the system of Linxia was restored. On September 8, 2021, Linxia was selected as the pilot list of rooftop distributed photovoltaic development in the whole county (city, district) of the Comprehensive Department of the National Energy Administration. On December 23, 2021, Linxia City was rated as "the third batch of provincial-wide tourism demonstration zones". In June 2022, Linxia was selected into the pilot list of national youth development counties. Linxia City is located at an important node in the golden section of Gansu Province of the Silk Road Economic Belt. It is only more than an hour's drive from Lanzhou City and Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It has the unique geographical advantage of Tibetan Mianlan. The main attractions include the East Mansion, Tea-Horse Ancient City, Red Garden, etc.

In 2021, Linxia will achieve a GDP of 10.6 billion yuan.