Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County () is an
autonomous county in the
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture,
Gansu Province
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibeta ...
of the
People's Republic of China.
The county is located in the mostly mountainous area to the south of the
Yellow River, near Gansu's border with
Qinghai. The total population was 239,390 in 2020. As the county's name indicates, it has a number of predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, including
Hui,
Bonan,
Dongxiang and
Salar. The minority population is 64.9% of the total population. There are 21,400 Bonan people living in Jishishan, which accounts for 95% of all Bonan in China.
Bonan is known for cultivation of
Sichuan pepper and walnuts.
Its local cuisine includes Bonan style Maisui
Baozi and lamb meat.
Administrative divisions
Jishishan County has 4
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and 13
townships.
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References
External links
Official website of Jishishan County Government
County-level divisions of Gansu
Autonomous counties of the People's Republic of China
Bonans
Dongxiang people
Salar people
Salar autonomous counties
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