Official website shows that Dongxiang County of Gansu Dongxiang Autonomous County People's Government belongs to Dongxiang Autonomous County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, which is located in the southwest of central Gansu Province and the northeast of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It is famous for its birthplace and the important passage on the Southern Silk Road, and it is the only ethnic autonomous county in China with Dongxiang as the main body.