Yinchuan
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 / 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 | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| • 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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"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 is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, 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.