Shizuishan
石嘴山市 · شِظُوِشًا شِ Shihtsuishan | |
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.png) The territory of Shizuishan prefecture-level city (yellow) within the Ningxia AR | |
  Shizuishan Location of the city center in Ningxia | |
| Coordinates (Shizuishan municipal government): 38°59′05″N 106°22′58″E / 38.9846°N 106.3828°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Ningxia |
| Municipal seat | Dawukou District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 5,208.13 km2 (2,010.87 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018)[1] | 233 km2 (90 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 730,400 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018)[2] | 720,000 |
| • Urban density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 48.3 billion US$ 7.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 61,844 US$ 9,929 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-NX-02 |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 石嘴山 | ||||||||
| Postal | Shetsuishan | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Stony Beak Mountain | ||||||||
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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.
- ^ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22.
- ^ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22.
- ^ 宁夏统计年鉴2016