Wuzhong
吴忠市 · وُجْو شِ Wuchung | |
|---|---|
 Wuzhong City | |
.png) Location of Wuzhong City jurisdiction in Ningxia | |
  Wuzhong Location of the city centre in Ningxia | |
| Coordinates (Wuzhong municipal government): 37°59′52″N 106°11′55″E / 37.9978°N 106.1986°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Ningxia |
| Municipal seat | Litong District |
| Population | |
| 1,415,400 | |
| • Urban | 722,400 |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 40.6 billion US$ 6.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 29,756 US$ 4,778 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-NX-03 |
| Website | www |
Wuzhong (simplified Chinese: 吴忠; traditional Chinese: 吳忠; pinyin: Wúzhōng; Xiao'erjing: وُجْو شِ) is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It was known as Yinnan Prefecture (银南地区; 銀南地區; Yínnán Dìqū; Xiao'erjing: ءٍنًا دِٿِيُوِ) before it was upgraded to a prefecture-level city in 1998. In 2019, Wuzhong had a population of 1.4 million.[3] Wuzhong is located in the Northwest of China, with the Yellow River flowing through the center of the city.
- ^ Wuzhong City Statistical Bulletin on National Economic and Social Development in 2019
- ^ 宁夏统计年鉴2016
- ^ "吴忠市区划人口_吴忠市人民政府". www.wuzhong.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-04-20.