Yinchuan
银川市 Yinchwan | |
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.png) The territory of Yinchuan prefecture-level city (yellow) within Ningxia | |
  Yinchuan Location of the city center in Ningxia  Yinchuan Yinchuan (China) | |
| Coordinates (Ningxia People's Government): 38°29′06″N 106°13′30″E / 38.485°N 106.225°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Ningxia |
| Municipal seat | Jinfeng District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Body | Yinchuan Municipal People's Congress |
| • CCP Secretary | Zhang Zhu |
| • Congress Chairman | Li Hongru |
| • Mayor | Zhao Xuhui |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Ma Kai |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 6,945.9 km2 (2,681.8 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,919.9 km2 (1,513.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,919.9 km2 (1,513.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,100 m (3,608 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 2,859,074 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,564,918 |
| • Urban density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,564,918 |
| • Metro density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 149.4 billion US$ 24.0 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 69,595 US$ 11,174 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 750000 |
| Area code | 0951 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-NX-01 |
| License plate prefixes | 宁A |
| Website | www.yinchuan.gov.cn (Chinese) |
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.svg) "Yínchuān" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 银川 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 銀川 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yínchuān | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Silver River" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yinchuan[a] is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China,[4] and was the capital of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of 8,874.61 km2 (3,426.51 sq mi) and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 Chinese census, and its built-up area was home to 2,564,918 inhabitants spread between three urban districts and Helan and Yongning counties largely being urbanized. The city's name literally means "silver river".
Yinchuan is now the permanent site for the China-Arab Expo, a platform for cultural and economic exchanges between China and Arab countries.
The city is also home to Ningxia University, the largest regional comprehensive university under Ningxia's Project 211.
- ^ "China: Níngxià (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ 宁夏统计年鉴2016
- ^ "Yinchuan". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Illuminating China's Provinces, Municipalities and Autonomous Regions". PRC Central Government Official Website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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