Place:Dingxi, Kansu, People's Republic of China

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NameDingxi
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates35.35°N 104.7°E
Located inKansu, People's Republic of China
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Dingxi, also known as Longyou is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Gansu province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,524,097 inhabitants, of which 422,383 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Anding urban district.

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Dingxi was important in the development of some of China's earliest cultures, specifically along the Wei River, one of the Yellow River's biggest tributaries. Numerous Neolithic sites from various cultures are found throughout the area.

A series of earthquakes in July 2013 killed at least 95 people and destroyed 120,000 homes.

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