Guyuan
Sign in to savethumb|right|200px|"Cou-yuen-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Viceroy of Shaan-Gan|Shaan-Gan from [[Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries]] Guyuan ( ), formerly known as Xihaigu (, Xiao'erjing: قُيُوًا شِ) or Dayuan (), is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu province to the east, south, and due west. This is also the site of Mount Sumeru Grottoes (), which is among the ten most famous grottoes in China. As of the end
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Guyuan
- Settlement.other_name
- Kuyuan; Kuyüan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 固原须弥山石窟第5窟大佛楼.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Xumishan grottoes
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Guyuan Prefecture within Ningxia (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Guyuan City (yellow) within Ningxia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Ningxia
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city center in Ningxia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ningxia
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Yuanzhou District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14412.83
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1777
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2007
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thumb|right|200px|"Cou-yuen-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Viceroy of Shaan-Gan|Shaan-Gan from [[Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries]] Guyuan ( ), formerly known as Xihaigu (, Xiao'erjing: قُيُوًا شِ) or Dayuan (), is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu province to the east, south, and due west. This is also the site of Mount Sumeru Grottoes (), which is among the ten most famous grottoes in China. As of the end of 2018, the total resident population in Guyuan was 1,124,200. At the end of 2024, the city's resident population was 1,140,800, a decrease of 6,900 compared with the end of the previous year. Among them, the resident population in urban areas was 535,600, accounting for 46.95% of the resident population (the urbanization rate of the resident population), an increase of 1.29 percentage points over the end of the previous year.
==History== Guyuan is the oldest city in Ningxia, being established in 114 BC as Gaoping, capital of Anding Commandery. It was a stop on the Northern Silk Road.