Shizuishan
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Shizuishan, formerly Shizuizi, is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It is the northernmost prefecture in Ningxia and the second most populous, after the regional capital Yinchuan, bordered by Inner Mongolia to all directions except the south. Shizuishan sits on the western bank of the Yellow River on the western side of the Ordos Loop. It was formerly a center for caravans traveling the northern routes to and from Beijing across the Ordos Desert.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Shizuishan is referenced by 475 other articles, and connects out to China, Ningxia and list of cities in the People's Republic of China.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd_region, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cities in Ningxia, National Civilized City and National forest cities in China.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Shizuishan
- Settlement.other_name
- Shihtsuishan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 沙湖-2008 - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Shizuishan Prefecture within Ningxia (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- The territory of Shizuishan prefecture-level city (yellow) within the Ningxia AR
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ningxia
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city center in Ningxia
- Settlement.coor_pinpoint
- Shizuishan municipal government
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ningxia
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Dawukou District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5208.13
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2007
- Settlement.population_total
- 730400
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 石嘴山市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Ningxia
- Contains
- Pingluo County
- Population
- 751389
- Area
- 4074.47
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.nxszs.gov.cn
- Image
- Huangquqiao Town, Ningxia.jpg
- Dialing code
- 952
- Licence plate code
- 宁B
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- twinned administrative body
- Hamada
- topic's main category
- Category:Shizuishan
- postal code
- 753000
- Commons category
- Shizuishan
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Administrative divisions
- Geography and climate
- Environmental issues
- Economy
- Education
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Shizuishan, formerly Shizuizi, is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It is the northernmost prefecture in Ningxia and the second most populous, after the regional capital Yinchuan, bordered by Inner Mongolia to all directions except the south. Shizuishan sits on the western bank of the Yellow River on the western side of the Ordos Loop. It was formerly a center for caravans traveling the northern routes to and from Beijing across the Ordos Desert.
==Name== Shizuishan was formerly romanized as Shetsuishan and Shihchu Shan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shizuishan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations