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Yinchuan

Also known as Ningxia, Yinchuan City, Yinchuan Shi, City of Yinchuan, Ningxia (town), Ningxia (city), Ningsia, Ningsia (town)

Yinchuan (Chinese: 银川; pinyin: Yínchuān; lit. "Silver River") is a prefecture‑level city and the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China. It served as the imperial capital of the Tangut‑led Western Xia (1038–1227).

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Yinchuan is the capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China, whose name literally means "Silver River" in Chinese. The city holds historical significance as the former imperial capital of the Western Xia kingdom, a Tangut-led dynasty that ruled from 1038 to 1227.

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Settlement.name: Yinchuan
Settlement.other_name: Yinchwan
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_map1: Location of Yinchuan Prefecture within Ningxia (China).png
Settlement.mapsize1: 250px
Settlement.map_caption1: The territory of Yinchuan prefecture-level city (yellow) within Ningxia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ningxia#China
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the city center in Ningxia
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Ningxia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County-level divisions
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Township divisions
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat
Settlement.seat: Jinfeng District
Settlement.government_type: Prefecture-level city

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

History
Western Xia and Mongol Conquest
Ming and Qing dynasties
20th century
21st century
Geography
Climate
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Ethnic groups
Urbanization
Economy
Transportation
Rail transport
Road transport
Air transport
Culture
Tourism
Colleges and universities
See also
Notes
References
External links

Yinchuan hosts the biennial China–Arab States Expo. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Yinchuan’s administrative area had 2,859,074 inhabitants; the built‑up area had 2,564,918 residents, comprising the three urban districts and the urbanized parts of Helan and Yongning counties. At the end of 2024, the resident population of the city was 2,914,700, an increase of 66,600 over the end of the previous year. Among them, the urban population is 2,429,400.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yinchuan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.