닝샤 후이족 자치구

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

Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous region for the Hui people, one of the 56 officially recognised nationalities of China. Twenty percent of China's Hui population lives in Ningxia.

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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