临夏回族自治州
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (, Xiao'erjing: ), formerly known as Hezhou, is located in Gansu Province, south of the provincial capital Lanzhou, bordering Qinghai to the west. It is an autonomous prefecture for the Muslim Hui people, a large Chinese ethnic group. It also includes two autonomous counties for other Muslim groups, namely Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar.