肃南裕固族自治县成立以前,现辖区称走廊南山或祁连山区,因其历史悠久,地域辽阔,民族迁徙频繁,故建制沿革较为复杂。据史书记载,春秋战国时期就有许多民族在河西地区活动,这里曾是乌孙、月氏游牧地,后为匈奴所据。公元前133年至公元前119年,汉武帝派遣张骞出使西域,先后击败了 Prior to the founding of Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, the area under its jurisdiction now referred to the Nanshan or Qilian Mountains as a corridor. Due to its long history, vast territory and frequent ethnic movements, the evolution of the system is rather complicated. According to historical records, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, there were many ethnic groups active in the Hexi area, where they had been Wusun and Yuezhu nomadic land, and later they were based on the Huns. 133 BC to 119 BC, the Han Emperor Wu sent Zhang Qian to the western region, has defeated