Ningxia

Also known as Ningxia Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Region, Ning-hsia, Ning-hsia Province, Province of Ningxia, Province of Ning-hsia, Ningsia

región autónoma de China

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Ningxia is an autonomous region in northwestern China that was established in 1958 as a designated homeland for the Hui people, one of China's officially recognized ethnic groups. The region is significant because it is home to about one-fifth of China's total Hui population, making it an important cultural and administrative center for this Muslim minority group.

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Settlement.translit_lang1: Chinese
Settlement.image_map: Ningxia in China (+all claims hatched).svg
Settlement.mapsize: 275px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Ningxia within China
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Yinchuan
Settlement.parts_type: Divisions
Settlement.name: Ningxia
Settlement.settlement_type: Autonomous region
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: 5 prefectures
Settlement.p2: 21 counties
Settlement.p3: 219 townships
Settlement.government_type: Autonomous region
Settlement.governing_body: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional People's Congress

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: autonomous region of China
Part of: Northwestern China
Official name: 宁夏回族自治区
Country: China
Located in: China
Capital: Yinchuan
Population: 7202654
Area: 52188
Time zone: UTC+08:00
Head of government: Zhang Yupu
Shares border with: Gansu
Highest point: Helan Mountains
Official website: www.nx.gov.cn
Image: Xixia.jpg
Nominal GDP: 392060000000

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Commons category: Ningxia
topic's main category: Category:Ningxia
category of associated people: Category:People from Ningxia
inception: 1958-10-25
Commons gallery: 宁夏
twinned administrative body: Shimane Prefecture
language used: Southern Mongolian
category for people born here: Category:People from Ningxia
party chief representative: Liang Yanshun

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Ningxia, oficialmente Región Autónoma Hui de Ningxia (en chino simplificado, 宁夏回族自治区; en chino tradicional, 寧夏回族自治區; pinyin, Níngxià Huí Zú Zìzhìqū; transcripción antigua, Ningsia), es una de las cinco regiones autónomas que, junto con las veintidós provincias, cuatro municipios y dos regiones administrativas especiales, conforman la República Popular China (las regiones autónomas se caracterizan por estar asociadas a grupos étnicos minoritarios). Su capital es Yinchuan. Está situada al oeste de la meseta de loes, en el curso medio del río Amarillo, limitando al norte con Mongolia Interior, al este con Shaanxi y al sur y oeste con Gansu. Su extensión es de 66 400 km² y su población de casi seis millones de habitantes (2003).

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