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| Country | China |
| Province | Ningxia |
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| - CPC Yinchuan | |
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| - Total | 4,467 km² (1,724. Ningxia ( Postal map spelling: Ningsia full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ( is a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Ningxia ( Postal map spelling: Ningsia full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ( is a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic See also Administrative divisions of the Republic of China Due to China 's large Population and area the political divisions of China have consisted See also Administrative divisions of the Republic of China Due to China 's large Population and area the political divisions of China have consisted The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,100 m (3,608 ft) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 1,200,000 |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 750000 |
| Area code(s) | 951 |
| License plate prefixes | 宁A |
| Website: www.yinchuan.gov.cn (Chinese) | |
Yinchuan (simplified Chinese: 银川; traditional Chinese: 銀川; pinyin: Yínchuān Shì) is the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, and former capital of the Western Xia Empire of the Tanguts. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit China standard time or Beijing time is the Time zone observed in the People's Republic of China ( PRC) UTC+8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Greenwich Mean Time by 8 hours The Postal code for the People's Republic of China uses a numeric six-digit System for the whole country A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. The People's Republic of China issues vehicles Licence plates at its Vehicle Management Offices under the administration of the Ministry of Public Security Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Ningxia ( Postal map spelling: Ningsia full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ( is a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Xi Xia redirects here For a Chinese general whose name may be transliterated as Xi Xia see Xi Qia The Western Xia Dynasty ( or The Tangut ( identified with the state of Western Xia, were a Qiangic - Tibetan people who moved to northwestern China sometime before It has an area of 4,467 sq km and an estimated population of 1. 2 million.
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Geography
Yinchuan lies in the middle of the Yinchuan or Ningxia Plain. It is sheltered from the deserts of Mongolia by the high ranges of the Helan Mountain to its west. The Yellow River runs through Yinchuan from southwest to northeast. The average elevation of Yinchuan is 1,100 meters (about 3,608 feet).
Climate
Yinchuan has a temperate continental climate with an annual average temperature of 8. 5C, and has 158 frost-free days. Annual rainfall averages 200 millimeters.
History
Yinchuan originally was a xian (county) under the name of Fuping in the 1st century BC; its name was changed to Huaiyuan in the 6th century AD. In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 ( xiàn) After the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907, it was occupied by the Tangut Peoples' Xi-Xia dynasty, of which it was the capital. The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by The Tangut ( identified with the state of Western Xia, were a Qiangic - Tibetan people who moved to northwestern China sometime before Xi Xia redirects here For a Chinese general whose name may be transliterated as Xi Xia see Xi Qia The Western Xia Dynasty ( or After the destruction of the Xi-Xia dynasty by the Mongols in 1227, it came under the rule of the Mongol dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty ( Pinyin: Yuáncháo Dai Ön Ulus (Дай Юан Улс was a ruling Dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Under the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, it was the fu (prefecture) of Ningxia. The Ming Dynasty ( or Empire of the Great Ming ( was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol -led Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China Ningxia ( Postal map spelling: Ningsia full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ( is a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic In 1928, when the province of Ningxia was formed from parts of Gansu and Inner Mongolia, it became the capital city. ( is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Inner Mongolia ( Mongolian:, Öbür mongɣul; occasionally romanized to Nei Mongol is the Mongol In 1954, when Ningxia province was abolished, the city was put in Gansu province; but, with the establishment of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region in 1958, Yinchuan once again became the capital.
Traditionally, Yinchuan was an administrative and commercial center. In the 1950s it had many commercial enterprises, and there were some handicrafts but no modern industry. The city has since grown considerably. Extensive coal deposits discovered on the eastern bank of the Yellow River, near Shizuishan, 100 km to the north, have made Shizuishan a coal-mining center. The Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho ( Hatan Gol Queen river) is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the Shizuishan (石嘴山 | Shízuishan Shì) is a Prefecture-level city and is the second biggest city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in Western Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining.
Yinchuan, however, remains largely nonindustrial. The immediate plains area, intensively irrigated by a system developed as long ago as the Han (206 BC–AD 220) and Tang (618–907) dynasties, is extremely productive. The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by Yinchuan is the chief agricultural market and distribution center for this area and also deals in animal products from the herds tended by nomads in the surrounding grasslands. It is a market for grain and has flour mills, as well as rice-hulling and oil-extraction plants. The wool produced in the surrounding plains supplies a woolen-textile mill. Yinchuan is a center for the Muslim (Hui) minority peoples, who constitute a third of the population. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The Hui people ( Xiao'erjing: حُوِ ذَو) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of Islam.
On July 23, 1993 an airliner that was attempting its second takeoff veered off the runway, crashed into a lake, and broke apart; at least 59 of the 113 persons aboard the craft were killed. An airliner is a large Fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers [1]
Economy
The city's gross domestic product per capita was ¥11975 (US$1450) in 2003, ranking 197th of 659 Chinese cities. Its main industries are the production of Chinese wolfberry, wheat, apple, and rice.
Transportation
Yinchuan is located near the western bank of the upper course of the Yellow River, near the western end of the Great Wall of China in the south-central section of the Helan Shan and Ordos Desert. The Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho ( Hatan Gol Queen river) is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the The Great Wall of China ( or ( is a series of stone and earthen Fortifications in China, built rebuilt and maintained between the 6th century BC and the 16th The Helan Shan ( Alaša aɣula frequently called Alashan Mountains in older sources is a mountain range forming the border of Inner Mongolia 's Alxa League and The Ordos Desert ( is a Desert and Steppe region lying on a Plateau in the south of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the People's It is served by a river port at Hengcheng, about 15 km to the east. Until the 1950s the river, which is navigable downstream as far as Baotou in the Inner Mongolian autonomous region and upstream to Zhongwei and Zhongning, was the chief communication link. Baotou ( Buɣutu) is a Prefecture-level city and the largest city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Inner Mongolia ( Mongolian:, Öbür mongɣul; occasionally romanized to Nei Mongol is the Mongol Zhongwei ( Chinese: 中衛 Pinyin: Zhōngwèi is a Prefecture-level city of Ningxia, People's Republic of China. Highways also link the city to Baotou along the river, to Lanzhou in Gansu province to the southwest, to Wuwei in Gansu to the west, and to Xi'an in Shaanxi province to the southeast. Lanzhou ( Postal map spelling: Lanchow is a Prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu province in northwestern China. ( is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Wuwei is located in northwest central Gansu province In the north it borders Inner Mongolia, in the southwest Qinghai. UserEl_C --> Xi'an ( Postal map spelling: Sian is the Capital of the Shaanxi province in the Since 1958 the city has been on the railway from Lanzhou to Baotou and is thus linked to other parts of China by rail.
Tourism
The city's attractions include the Sand-lake and XiXia mausoleum. Occupying an area of some 50 km2 the XiXia mausoleum at the foot of the Helan Mountains in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of NW China includes nine There are two pagodas in Yinchuan that are part of the 'Eight Famous Scenery of Ningxia': one is the Haibao Pagoda in the northern suburb and the other is the Chengtiansi Pagoda in the west.
Since 2000, Yinchuan has hosted the annual Yinchuan International Car and Motorcycle Tourism Festival, which usually occurs in August. It is the largest event of its kind in China; approximately 3000 motorcycles attend annually.
Administrative divisions
- Xingqing District (兴庆区; pinyin: Xīngqìng Qū)
- Jinfeng District (金凤区; pinyin: Jīnfèng Qū)
- Xixia District (西夏区; pinyin: Xīxià Qū)
- Lingwu City (灵武市; pinyin: Língwǔ Shì)
- Yongning County (永宁县; pinyin: Yǒngníng Xiàn)
- Helan County (贺兰县; pinyin: Hèlán Xiàn)
Colleges and universities
- Ningxia University
- Second Northwest Nationalities University
- Ningxia Medical Institute
2006 Internet phenomenon
Yinchuan was subject to an Internet phenomenon after a user of Google Earth posted images of what he/she believed was a secret People's Liberation Army military facility. Lingwu (Simplified Chinese 灵[[wikt 武|武]] Traditional Chinese 霛[[wikt 武|武]] Pinyin Língwǔ or Lingwu City ( 灵[[wikt 武|武]] This is a list of phenomena specific to the Internet, such as popular themes and catchphrases, Viral videos, amateur celebrities and more Google Earth is a Virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004 The People's Liberation Army ( PLA) ( is the unified Military organization of all land sea and air forces of the People's Republic of China. [2] The facility, estimated at around 630,000 m² in size, is 35 km from Yinchuan and in the town of Huangyangtan. The purpose of the facility was speculated on the Internet following the original posting, although no official explanation for the site has been given. A subsequent posting of a photograph on the Chinese wforum. com claimed that it constituted a terrain model of the disputed Aksai Chin region of China;[3][4][5] the image includes a watermark of Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China. Aksai Chin ( Simplified Chinese: 阿克赛钦 Traditional chinese: 阿克賽欽 Hanyu pinyin: Ākèsàiqīn Hindi: अकसाई News agency (alternative A news agency is an organization of Journalists established to supply News reports to organizations in the News trade Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
Authorities in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have been quoted as saying that the site is used as a tank training facility. [6]
References
- ^ July 23 Events in History
- ^ Google Earth Community (2006). China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?. Retrieved August 14, 2006.
- ^ Hutcheon, Stephen. "The riddle of China's Area 51", The Age, 14 August 2006. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Aroor, Shiv. "From sky, see how China builds model of Indian border 2400 km away", Indian Express, 5 August 2006. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Haines, Lester. "Chinese black helicopters circle Google Earth", The Register, 19 July 2006. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Hutcheon, Stephen. "Chinese X-file not so mysterious after all", The Age, 23 July 2006. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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