Yinchuan
银川 市 Yínchuān Shì Yínchuān |
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Coordinates | 38 ° 28 ′ N , 106 ° 17 ′ E | |
Basic data | ||
Country | People's Republic of China | |
Ningxia | ||
ISO 3166-2 | CN-NX | |
surface | 9579 km² | |
Residents | 1,993,088 (2010) | |
density | 208.1 Ew. / km² | |
Post Code | 750000 | |
Telephone code | (+86) 951 | |
Website | www.yinchuan.gov.cn | |
politics | ||
mayor | Wang Rugui | |
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Greater Region | Northwest China | |
status | District-free city | |
Breakdown | 3 city districts, 2 districts, 1 urban district | |
Time zone | China Standard Time (CST) UTC +8 |
Yinchuan ( Chinese 銀川 市 / 银川 市 , Pinyin Yínchuān Shì , short: 銀 / 银 , Yín ) is the capital of the Ningxia Autonomous Region of the Hui nationality in the People's Republic of China and is located on the upper reaches of the Yellow River . The name of the city means silver stream.
Administrative structure
At the county level, Yinchuan is made up of three districts, two counties and one urban district. These are:
- District Xingqing (兴庆区), km² 768, 390,000 inhabitants, seat of the city government;
- Jinfeng District (金凤 区), 290 km², 130,000 inhabitants;
- Xixia municipality (西夏区), 987 km², 200,000 inhabitants;
- Yongning district (永宁 县), 1,295 km², 200,000 inhabitants, capital: Yanghe municipality (杨 和 镇);
- Helan district (贺兰 县), 1,600 km², 180,000 inhabitants, capital: Xigang municipality (习 岗镇);
- City of Lingwu (灵武 市), 4,639 km², 230,000 inhabitants.
Ethnic breakdown of the total population of Yinchuan (2000)
According to the census (2000), the administrative area of the city of Yinchuan had 1,177,613 inhabitants (population density: 167.58 inhabitants / km²).
Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
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Han | 925.991 | 78.63% |
Hui | 233.066 | 19.79% |
Manchu | 13,607 | 1.16% |
Mongols | 2,662 | 0.23% |
Others | 2,287 | 0.19% |
tourism
The Yinchuan International Car and Motorcycle Tourism Festival has been taking place in Yinchuan since 2000, the largest event of its kind in China with around 3,000 motorcycles, mostly in August.
Other attractions:
- Sand lake (chin. 沙湖)
- Xixia mausoleums with museum on the history of the Xixia kingdom (chin. 西 夏王陵)
Climate table
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Yinchuan
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education
Yinchuan is home to the three most important universities of Ningxia, Ningxia Medical University , Nationality University of the North and Ningxia University .
Town twinning
Sister cities of Yinchuan are:
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Web links
Individual evidence
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