臨夏回族自治州

1. • Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, in Gansu Province 甘肃省 gānsùshěng

Character by character

• 臨(lín)face
• 夏(xià)the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
• 回(huí)Hui ethnic group
• 族(zú)race
• 自(zì)self
• 治(zhì)rule
• 州(zhōu)prefecture