Dungan Y-Choromosome Halpogroup Distribution of Linxia(N=56)

Linxia is one of the religious and cultural centers for Dungan people in China, as well as an absolute center for both Sufism and Salafism in China. Its international sister city is Qom, Iran

Linxia is the ancestral home of the Dungan warlords and soldiers who ruled or exerted influence over Northwest China for a century (1862–1958)