Suonan is a town, and the county seat of,

Dongxiang Autonomous County Dongxiang Autonomous County (; Santa language, Santa: Dunxianzu Zizhixien) is an autonomous county in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, province of Gansu of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established as a Dongxiang ethnic autono ...

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Sunanpu (), who lived here. Since 1950, it has been the seat of the county government. The economy is mainly involved around agriculture, producing wheat, potatoes and beans. The town also has factories for agricultural machinery and carpets.

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Dongxiang Autonomous County Township-level divisions of Gansu {{PRChina-geo-stub