临夏回族自治州

lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]

lín

to face

xià

the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC

huí

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

race

(bound form) self; oneself

zhì

to rule

zhōu

prefecture