Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a
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The earliest human activity in Ningxia can be traced back to 30,000 years ago, with remains of the Shuidonggou Culture found in Lingwu.
As a frontier zone between nomadic pastoralist… See more

Present-day Ningxia is one of the nation's smallest provincial-level units and borders the provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. At 3556 meters above sea level, Aobaogeda (敖包疙瘩) … See more

The politics of Ningxia is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
The Chairman of the Autonomous Region is the highest-ranking official in the People's Governme… See more

Rural Ningxia was for long an officially designated poverty area, and remains on the lower rungs of the developmental ladder. Its nominal GDP in 2023 was 531.50 billion yuan (US$75.43 billion) and its per capit… See more

• Yinchuan Hedong International Airport
• Zhongwei Shapotou Airport
• Guyuan Liupanshan Airport
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Islam is the single biggest religious tradition in Ningxia, adhered to by 34% of the population according to a 2010 survey. Many of the Han Chinese practise Chinese folk religions, Taoism, Confucianism and Chinese Bu… See more