Xiakou Town, because of the territory of the "Shijingxia", the town government in the village of Xiakou for the name, the liberation of the early part of the Shangying Township under the jurisdiction of the 1951 (Shangying) under the jurisdiction of the 1958 communization of the Shangying Commune under the jurisdiction of the Xiakou People's Commune was established in 1961. "During the Cultural Revolution, the name was changed to Hongfeng Commune, and in 1972 the name was restored to Xiakou Commune. 1983, the name was changed to Xiakou Township, and in 2001, the township was abolished and established as Xiakou Town. Now has jurisdiction over: Xiakou, new set, party home dun, Majia fork, Fanjialing, Lujiawan, Dazui, school bay, Dashan, Puji Temple, on the Wangjia, Zhang Guojia, Temple Bay, 13 administrative villages.
Xiakou town is located in the northeastern arid mountainous area of Lintao, is the county potato planting town, the average annual temperature of 6 ℃, elevation of 2200 meters, jurisdiction over 13 villages, 101 societies, 3619 households, 16496 people, arable land area of 67,550 acres, per capita arable land of 4.09 acres, the end of 2006, the per capita net income of 1750 yuan.