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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 固原专区
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Ningxia
- Contains
- Pengyang County
- Population
- 1142142
- Area
- 10522.79
- Elevation
- 1777
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.nxgy.gov.cn
- Image
- 固原市区东山俯瞰.jpg
- Dialing code
- 954
- Licence plate code
- 宁D
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- topic's main category
- Category:Guyuan
- postal code
- 756000
- Commons category
- Guyuan
- twinned administrative body
- Kaliningrad
Sources (3)
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On the map
2 mapped locations