Guyuan

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Guyuan 固原市 · قُ‌يُوًا شِ‎ Kuyuan; Kuyüan
Prefecture-level city
Xumishan grottoes
Guyuan City (yellow) within Ningxia
Guyuan Location of the city center in Ningxia
Coordinates (Zhongxin Park (中心公园)): 36°00′36″N 106°15′25″E / 36.010°N 106.257°E / 36.010; 106.257
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Ningxia
Municipal seat	Yuanzhou District
Area
• Total	14,412.83 km2 (5,564.82 sq mi)
Elevation	1,777 m (5,830 ft)
Population  (2007)
• Total	1,455,200
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
GDP[1]
• Total	CN¥ 21.7 billion US$ 3.5 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 17,819 US$ 2,861
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	756000
Area code	(0)954
ISO 3166 code	CN-NX-04
Licence plate prefixes	宁D
Website	www.nxgy.gov.cn

Guyuan (Chinese: 固原; pinyin: Gùyuán ^ⓘ), formerly known as Xihaigu (Chinese: 西海固; pinyin: xīhǎigù, Xiao'erjing: قُ‌يُوًا شِ) or Dayuan (大原),^[2] is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu province to the east, south, and due west. This is also the site of Mount Sumeru Grottoes (须弥山), which is among the ten most famous grottoes in China.^[3] As of the end of 2018, the total resident population in Guyuan was 1,124,200.^[4]