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About Ningxia Region
Ningxia
Hui Autonomous Region, one of the five autonomous regions in China, and
the smallest of all provinces in China, is situated in the west of the
Great Bend of the Yellow River. Hui people make up about thirty percent
of the four million population, the remainder comprising mainly Han. Its
capital city is Yinchuan, the political, economic, and cultural center
of the region, and also a famous historical and cultural city. Thanks
to the ancient Huanghe River irrigational system, the northern part of
Ningxia is well irrigated and known as the land of fish and rice in the
North.
Ningxia is situated in the northwest of China and middle of the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It's the only provincial level Hui autonomous region in China, with Shaanxi to its east, Inner Mongolia to its northwest and Gansu to its southwest. Ningxia covers an area of 66,400 square kilometers and its population is 5.3 million. Ningxia is endowed with beautiful mountains, plains and fertile lands.
Yinchuan, the capital og Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has a long history as a frontier outpost and trading center and now serve as the region's main industrial, transportation, administrative and cultural center. Yinchuan plain is bordered on the east by the Yellow River and on the west by the Helan Mountain. Ever since the ancient time, Yinchuan has had a reputation of the "jewel of the frontier area" in the west China.
Ningxia has one of biggest pastures in China. It also boasts of mineral resources, such as sodium, magnesium, hydaulic ammonia, lime nitrogen, tantalum and niobium. The gas reserves in the " Shan Gan Ning Natural Gas Field" exceeds 290 billion tons and it is one of the largest gas field in the world.
The history of Ningxia is one of the originality of the Hui and Han people. Today the people of Ningxia are on a new racing point, working hard to build the region, undertaking a great job to enrich the people , uniting together, making painstaking efforts for more progress and striding toward a rich and prosperous new era.
