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Xunhua Salar Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 循化撒拉族自治县; pinyin: Xúnhuà Sǎlázú Zìzhìxiàn; Salar:) lies in the southeast of Haidong Prefecture of the Chinese province of Qinghai, for instance 35.5° northern latitude, 102,3° eastern longitude. The county has an area of around 2,100 km² and approximately 110,000 inhabitants (2002). In the east it borders on the province of Gansu, in the south and the west to the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, its postal code is 811100, and its capital is the town of Jishi.

As of April 2009 Xunhua is also the site of a mosque containing the oldest hand-written copy of the Quran in China, believed to have been written sometime between the 8th and 13th centuries.^[1]

Ethnic groups in Xunhua, 2000 census

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Salar	63,859	61.14%
Tibetan	25,783	24.68%
Hui	8,155	7.81%
Han	6,217	5.95%
Tu	134	0.13%
Dongxiang	116	0.11%
Mongol	39	0.04%
Qiang	35	0.03%
Bonan	22	0.02%
Blang	18	0.02%
Buyei	12	0.01%
Others	62	0.06%

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35°05′N 102°03′E / 35.083°N 102.050°E / 35.083; 102.050

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 [[Image:Location of Xunhua within Qinghai (China).png|right|180px|thumb|Xunhua County (pink) within Haidong Prefecture (yellow) within Qinghai]]
-'''Xunhua Salar Autonomous County''' ([[simplified Chinese]]: 循化撒拉族自治县; [[pinyin]]: Xúnhuà Sǎlázú Zìzhìxiàn; [[Salar language|Salar]]: Gökdeñiz Velayat Şünxua Salır Özbaşdak Yurt) lies in the southeast of [[Haidong Prefecture]] of the Chinese province of [[Qinghai]], for instance<!--Why does this say "for instance"?--> 35.5° northern latitude, 102,3° eastern longitude. The county has an [[area]] of around 2,100 [[km²]] and approximately 110,000 inhabitants (2002). In the east it borders on the province of [[Gansu]], in the south and the west to the [[Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]], its postal code is 811100, and its [[Capital (political)|capital]] is the town of [[Jishi]].
+'''Xunhua Salar Autonomous County''' ([[simplified Chinese]]: 循化撒拉族自治县; [[pinyin]]: Xúnhuà Sǎlázú Zìzhìxiàn; [[Salar language|Salar]]:) lies in the southeast of [[Haidong Prefecture]] of the Chinese province of [[Qinghai]], for instance<!--Why does this say "for instance"?--> 35.5° northern latitude, 102,3° eastern longitude. The county has an [[area]] of around 2,100 [[km²]] and approximately 110,000 inhabitants (2002). In the east it borders on the province of [[Gansu]], in the south and the west to the [[Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]], its postal code is 811100, and its [[Capital (political)|capital]] is the town of [[Jishi]].
 As of April 2009 Xunhua is also the site of a [[mosque]] containing the oldest hand-written copy of the [[Quran]] in China, believed to have been written sometime between the 8th and 13th centuries.<ref>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/09/content_11159058.htm</ref>