Ningxia, umwhile transliteratit as Ningsia, is an autonomous region (Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region) o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is locatit in Northwast Cheenae, on the Loess Plateau, an the Yellow River flows through a vast aurie o its land. The Great Waw o Cheenae runs alang its northeastren bundary. The region is the hame o the Hui fowk, ane o the 56 offeecially recognised Naitionalities o Cheenae, an its caipital is Yinchuan.

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

宁夏回族自治区
Name transcription(s)
 • Cheenese宁夏回族自治区 (Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū)
 • Abbreviation宁/寧 (pinyin: Níng)
Map shawin the location o Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Map shawin the location o Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Named for宁 níng—tranquil
夏 xià—Western Xia
"Tranquil Xia"
Caipital
(an lairgest ceety)
Yinchuan
Divisions5 prefecturs, 21 coonties, 219 tounships
Govrenment
 • SecretarChen Jianguo
 • GovrenorWang Zhengwei
Area
 • Total66000 km2 (25,000 sq mi)
Area rank27th
Population
 (2010)
 • Total6,301,350
 • Rank29th
 • Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
 • Density rank25th
Demographics
 • Ethnic composeetionHan: 62%
Hui: 34%
Manchu: 0.4%
ISO 3166 codeCN-64
GDP (2011)CNY 206.0 billion
US$ 32.7 billion (29t)
 • per capitaCNY 26,860
US$ 3,968 (17t)
HDI (2008)0.766 (medium) (23rd)
Websitehttp://www.nx.gov.cn/
Ningxia
Semplifeed Cheenese
Tradeetional Cheenese
PostalNingsia
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Semplifeed Cheenese宁夏回族自治区
Tradeetional Cheenese寧夏回族自治區

Ningxia is bundit bi Shaanxi (tae the east) an Gansu (in aw directions but the north) provinces an Inner Mongolie (tae the north) Autonomous Region an haes an aurie o aroond 66,400 square kilometres (25,600 sq mi). Ance a province, Ningxia wis incorporatit intae Gansu in 1954 but wis detached an reconstitutit as an autonomous region for the Hui fowk in 1958. The region is maistly desert an thus spairsely settled, but the vast plain o the Yellow River in the north haes been irrigatit for centuries; ower the years an extensive seestem o canals haes been biggit. Extensive land reclamation an irrigation projects haes made increased cultivation possible.

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