Which city does Lintao County belong to?

Lintao County is affiliated to Dingxi City, Gansu Province.

Lintao County, known as Didao in ancient times, got its name because of the Tao River in its territory. Lintao County is located in the central part of Gansu Province and the west of Dingxi City. It is located at the intersection of the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Tao River, the largest tributary of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, passes through the city. The county has a total area of ??2,851 square kilometers. As of 2020, Lintao County has jurisdiction over 18 townships (towns), 323 villages, and 12 communities. The county government is located in Taoyang Town. According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Lintao County was 480,149.

Lintao has been a famous town in the northwest and an important town in Longyou since ancient times. It is located on the strategic route of the ancient Silk Road and is one of the important birthplaces of ancient Yellow River culture. Since the establishment of Didao County in the 18th year of King An of Zhou Dynasty (384 BC) and the establishment of Longxi County in the 27th year of King Zhao of Qin (280 BC), it has been the seat of county, prefecture, road, prefecture and county governance.

Lintao is the southern gate of Lanzhou, the provincial capital. The county seat is 80 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Lanzhou. It is an important node city in the "Lan-Bai Economic Zone". Lanlin, Kanglin, Linwei Expressways, National Highway 212 and Provincial Highways 309 and 311 pass through it. It is the only place to connect central and southern Gansu with Linxia and Gannan minority areas and the Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Belt Key counties and districts within the radiation circle.

Lintao County Attraction Recommendations

Sanyi Flower Garden AA-level tourist attraction is located in Liujiagoumen Village, Xintian Town, Lintao County, 20 kilometers away from the county seat and with convenient transportation. The scenic area is rich in flowers, plants and trees, and the tourism resources are mainly orchid production, orchid flower display, lake surface and biological landscape. There are more than 360 species of orchids, flowers, green ornamental seedlings and more than 2.5 million orchids in the park. Phalaenopsis "Global Beauty" and "Christmas Rose" won the third prize at the 6th National Flower Expo; "Baodao Rose" won the gold medal at the 2nd Gansu Province Fruit and Flower Exhibition.

Yuelu Mountain Park is located one mile east of Lintao County. It was named after the Dongyue Temple built on the mountain in the Song Dynasty. There are many pavilions and pavilions on the mountain, luxuriant flowers, plants and trees, and the natural scenery and cultural landscape complement each other. The gate of Yuelu Mountain stands majestically in the thick shade of ancient willows, with raised eaves and painted green tiles, which is fascinating. Entering the park, facing the foot of the mountain, there are exquisite rockeries, ancient trees and bamboos, small bridges and waterfalls, blue waves in the pool, and sacred deer sculptures, spreading their hooves in the air, lifelike. They are the landmark buildings of Yuelu Mountain.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lintao County