Ningxia

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of the five autonomous regions in China, and the smallest of all provinces in China, is situated in the west of the Great Bend of the Yellow River. Hui people make up about thirty percent of the tiny four million population, the remainder comprising mainly Han. Its capital city is Yinchuan, the political, economic, and cultural center of the region, and also a famous historical and cultural city. Thanks to the ancient Huanghe River irrigational system, the northern part of Ningxia is well irrigated and known as the land of fish and rice in the North.

Ningxia is situated in the northwest of China and middle of the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It's the only provincial level Hui autonomous region in China, with Shaanxi to its east, Inner Mongolia to its northwest and Gansu to its southwest. Ningxia covers an area of 66,400 square kilometers and its population is 5.3 million. Ningxia is endowed with beautiful mountains, plains and fertile lands. The capital city is Yinchuan.

Ningxia has one of biggest pastures in China. It also boasts of mineral resources, such as sodium, magnesium, hydaulic ammonia, lime nitrogen, tantalum and niobium. The gas reserves in the " Shan Gan Ning Natural Gas Field" exceeds 290 billion tons and it is one of the largest gas field in the world.

The history of Ningxia is one of the originality of the Hui and Han people. Today the people of Ningxia are on a new racing point, working hard to build the region, undertaking a great job to enrich the people , uniting together, making painstaking efforts for more progress and striding toward a rich and prosperous new era.