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Encyclopedia > Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
宁夏回族自治区
Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū
Abbreviation: 宁 (pinyin: Níng)
Ningxia is highlighted on this map
Origin of Name 宁 níng - tranquil
夏 xià - Western Xia
"tranquil Xia"
Administration Type Autonomous region
Capital and
Largest City		 Yinchuan
CPC Ningxia Committee Secretary Chen Jianguo
Chairman Ma Qizhi
Area 66,000 km² (27th)
Population (2002)
 - Density		 5,720,000 (29th)
87/km² (25th)
GDP (2002)
 - per capita		 32.9 billion ¥ (30th)
5757 ¥ (24th)
Major Nationalities (2000) Han - 79%
Hui - 20%
Manchu - 0.4%
Prefecture-level divisions 5
County-level divisions 21
Township-level divisions 227
ISO 3166-2 CN-64

Ningxia (Simplified Chinese: 宁夏; Traditional Chinese: 寧夏; pinyin: Níngxià; Wade-Giles: Ning-hsia) is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located on the northwest loess highland, the Yellow River flows through a vast area of its land.

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