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Yinchuan
Prefecture-level city in Ningxia, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Yinchuan (disambiguation).
Yinchuan[lower-alpha 1] 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".
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Yinchuan
银川市 Yinchwan | |
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![]() The territory of Yinchuan prefecture-level city (yellow) within Ningxia | |
Coordinates (Ningxia People's Government): 38°29′06″N 106°13′30″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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Simplified Chinese | 银川 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 銀川 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Yínchuān | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Silver River" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.