Lintao County

Lintao County (simplified Chinese:临洮县; traditional Chinese:臨洮縣; pinyin:Líntáo Xiàn) is administratively under the control of Dingxi, Gansu province, China. In ancient times, Lintao was centered on present day Min County.

Pottery from the Majiayao culture (3300 to 2000 BC) has been found in Lintao.^[2]

Until the 20th century, Lintao was known as Didao (狄道). The Battle of Didao was fought in the area in 255 CE, during the Three Kingdoms era.

In the 8th century, an anonymous poet of the Tang dynasty places General Geshu Han and the Chinese army in Lintao, battling the Tibetans.^[3] Poet Li Bai references Lintao in his poem, "Ballads of Four Seasons: Winter."^[4]

Located at an important Tao River crossing, Didao City (i.e., today's Taoyang Town^[5]) was an important trade center during the Northern Song dynasty (ca. 11–12th century), when the more northern route of the Silk Route was blocked by the Xi Xia state. It is known to have been home to hundreds of foreign merchants at the time, some of whom may have been the ancestors of today's Hui people of Gansu.^[6]

The county is located mostly on the right (eastern) bank of the Tao River, a right tributary of the Yellow River. It borders with Lanzhou, capital of Gansu, in the northeast, with Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the west, and with other parts of Dingxi Prefecture-level City in the east and south.

تشتهر لينتاو بحلوى هواشوتانغ (花酥糖) ^{[ 10 ]} وأوبرا نو . ^{[ 11 ]}

تنقسم مقاطعة لينتاو إلى 12 بلدة و6 أحياء. ^{[ 12 ]} تقع عاصمة مقاطعة لينتاو في بلدة تاويانغ.

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يعبر الطريق الوطني الصيني رقم 212 والطريق السريع لانهاي (G75) المقاطعة من الشمال إلى الجنوب، في طريقهما من لانتشو إلى جنوب شرق قانسو.

تقع قاعدة لينتاو الجوية ، وهي قاعدة جوية عسكرية ، جنوب مقر المقاطعة.