Lixian County belongs to Longnan City, Gansu Province, located in the southeast of Gansu Province, north of Longnan City, south of Wudu District of Longnan City, north of Wushan County and Gangu County, east of Qinzhou District and Xihe County of Tianshui City, and west of Tanchang County and Minxian County. The county covers an area of 4299.92 square kilometers, with a length of 103 kilometers from north to south and a width of about 88 kilometers from east to west.

Lixian County is the real birthplace of Qin State and Qin culture, and is known as the "hometown of Qin Huang". The name of the county originated from the place name "Li Dian", which was originally set up as Marshal House in Wenzhou, Li Dian, and later changed "Li" to "Li". It was not until the Ming Dynasty that Lixian was officially named.

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Lixian topography

Lixian terrain inclines from northwest to southeast, with the highest elevation of 33 12m and the lowest elevation of 1080m. The valley is deep and the mountainous area is large, accounting for 9 1% of the county's total area. However, Chuanba, Yan Guan, Yongxing, Chengguan, Shiqiao and other places along the West Han River are very few, accounting for only 9% of the county's total area.

A few areas in the northeast and southwest belong to the Zhongshan area where the loess beam is slightly cut off. The southeast is a mountainous area, and the earthwork is severely cut off. Northwest and southwest are the Central Rocky Mountains and subalpine mountains.

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