Dingxi City is located in the middle of Gansu Province, so it is called "Longzhong". It is adjacent to Tianshui in the east, Lanzhou in the west, Baiyin in the north, Longnan in the south, Gannan and Linxia. It has the regional advantage of connecting the east to the west, and connecting the south to the north.The climate belongs to temperate semi humid and mid temperate semi arid areas. The southeast warm and humid air flow is blocked, and the continental climate is obvious. The annual average temperature is 5.7-7.7 ℃, and the annual total precipitation is 400-600mm.The total land area is 20330 square kilometers, including 7.7228 million mu of cultivated land and 2.61 mu of cultivated land per capita.The city has jurisdiction over 7 counties and 162 towns.The total population is 2.9615 million, including 2.644 million rural population.Dingxi is an important town of the ancient "Silk Road", known as the "throat of Gansu and the gateway of Lanzhou", and now it is the only place for the east-west passage. Longhai Railway and 310, 312, 316, 212 and other national roads run through the whole area, with ten traffic routes
