Ningxia

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Cheenese : 宁夏回族自治区 Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū Cheenese Xiao'erjing : نٍ شيَا خُوِ ذُوْ ذِ جِ ثُوْ
Abbreviations: 宁/寧  (pinyin: Níng)
Oreegin o name	宁 níng—tranquil 夏 xià—Western Xia "Tranquil Xia"
Admeenistration type	Autonomous region
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Yinchuan
CPC Ctte Secretary	Chen Jianguo
Chairman	Wang Zhengwei
Aurie	66,000 km2 (25,000 sq mi) (27th)
- Latitude	35° 14' tae 39° 23' N
- Longitude	104° 18' tae 107° 39' E
Population (2010)  - Density	6,301,350 (29th) 89.1 /km2 (231 /sq mi) (25th)
GDP (2011)  - per caipita	CNY 206.0 billion US$ 32.7 billion (29t) CNY 26,860 US$ 3,968 (17t)
HDI (2008)	0.766 (medium) (23rd)
Ethnic composition	Han: 62% Hui: 34% Manchu: 0.4%
Leids an dialects	{{{Dialects}}}
Prefectural level	5 diveesions
Coonty level	21 diveesions
Tounship level*	219 diveesions
ISO 3166-2	CN-64
Offeecial wabsteid http://www.nx.gov.cn/
Source for population and GDP data: 《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005 ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China ISBN 7105054255 *As at December 31, 2004
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Ningxia
Simplifee'd Cheenese	宁夏
Traditional Cheenese	寧夏
Xiao'erjing	نٍ شيَا
Transcriptions Hakka - Romanisation Nèn-ha Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Níngxià - Wade–Giles Ning-hsia - Postal Map Ningsia - Xiao'erjing نٍ شيَا Min - Hokkien POJ Lêng-hā - Min-dong BUC Nìng-hâ - Teochew Peng'im Lêng-hiā Wu - Romanisation nyin平ya去 Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping ning4haa6
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Simplifee'd Cheenese	宁夏回族自治区
Traditional Cheenese	寧夏回族自治區
Transcriptions Hakka - Romanisation Nèn-ha Fui-tshu̍k Tshṳ-tshṳ-khî Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū - Xiao'erjing نٍ شيَا خُوِ ذُوْ ذِ جِ ثُوْ Min - Hokkien POJ Lêng-hā Hôe-cho̍k Chū-tī-khu - Min-dong BUC Nìng-hâ Huòi-cŭk Cê̤ṳ-dê-kṳ̆ - Teochew Peng'im Lêng-hiā Huê-tsôk Tsĕu-tī-khu Wu - Romanisation nyin平ya去 we平zoh入 zy去zy去chiu平 Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping ning4haa6 wui4zuk6 zi6zi6keoi1

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 built. Extensive land reclamation an irrigation projects haes made increased cultivation possible.

Freemit airtins

• Ningxia Provincial Government
• Ningxia Agricultural Information Network
• Ningxia Investment Promotion Bureau
• Britnannica Ningxia

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