Ningxia

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区
Autonomous region
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
Named for	宁 níng—tranquil 夏 xià—Western Xia "Tranquil Xia"
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Yinchuan
Divisions	5 prefecturs, 21 coonties, 219 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Chen Jianguo
• Govrenor	Wang Zhengwei
Area
• Total	66000 km2 (25,000 sq mi)
Area rank	27th
Population  (2010)
• Total	6,301,350
• Rank	29th
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
• Density rank	25th
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han: 62% Hui: 34% Manchu: 0.4%
ISO 3166 code	CN-64
GDP (2011)	CNY 206.0 billion US$ 32.7 billion (29t)
• per capita	CNY 26,860 US$ 3,968 (17t)
HDI (2008)	0.766 (medium) (23rd)
Website	http://www.nx.gov.cn/

Ningxia
Semplifeed Cheenese	宁夏
Tradeetional Cheenese	寧夏
Postal	Ningsia
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Níngxià Wade–Giles Ning-hsia Wu Romanieation nyin平ya去 Hakka Romanisation Nèn-ha Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ning4haa6 Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Lêng-hā Teochew Peng'im Lêng-hiā Eastren Min Fuzhou BUC Nìng-hâ
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Semplifeed Cheenese	宁夏回族自治区
Tradeetional Cheenese	寧夏回族自治區
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū Wu Romanieation nyin平ya去 we平zoh入 zy去zy去chiu平 Hakka Romanisation Nèn-ha Fui-tshu̍k Tshṳ-tshṳ-khî Yue: Cantonese Jyutping ning4haa6 wui4zuk6 zi6zi6keoi1 Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Lêng-hā Hôe-cho̍k Chū-tī-khu Teochew Peng'im Lêng-hiā Huê-tsôk Tsĕu-tī-khu Eastren Min Fuzhou BUC Nìng-hâ Huòi-cŭk Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆

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 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.

Freemit airtins

• Ningxia Provincial Government Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Ningxia Agricultural Information Network Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Ningxia Investment Promotion Bureau Archived 2009-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Britnannica Ningxia