added a total 110,000,000 RMB, up 50%, to the local economy. Linxia is also a stop on trips from Lanzhou to towns in the Tibetan parts of southern Gansu including the famed Labrang Monastery in Xiahe. News On September 6, 2006 it was reported that 879 or more villagers from the Xinsi and Maba villages had been poisoned by lead from a local smelter. References External links Official website (Chinese) Autonomous prefectures of the People's Republic of China