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Yuanzhou
原州区 ﻳُﻮًاﺟِﻮْ ٿِيُوِ | |
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![]() Yuanzhou in Guyuan | |
![]() Guyuan in Ningxia | |
Coordinates (Yuanzhou government): 36°00′13″N 106°17′16″E / 36.0037°N 106.2878°E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Ningxia |
Prefecture-level city | Guyuan |
District seat | Nanguan Subdistrict |
Area | |
• Total | 2,739.01 km2 (1,057.54 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)
[1] | |
• Total | 471,329 |
• Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Website |
www |
Yuanzhou, Guyuan | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 原州 區 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 原州 区 | ||||||||||||
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Former names | |||||||||||||
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![]() "Cou-yuen-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of
Shaan-Gan, from
Du Halde's 1736
Description of China, based on reports from
Jesuit missionaries | |||||||||||||
Guyuan Prefecture | |||||||||||||
Chinese | 固原 州 | ||||||||||||
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Guyuan County | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 固原 縣 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 固原 县 | ||||||||||||
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Yuanzhou District, formerly Guyuan, is a district and the seat of the city of Guyuan in the south of Ningxia, China, bordering Gansu province to the northeast. It has a total area of 3,914 square kilometers (1,511 sq mi) and a population of 510,000 people.
Yuanzhou includes the old town of Guyuan or Guyuanzhou, which administered a prefecture in imperial times and a county before its urbanization.
Yuanzhou District is the economic, political, and transportation center of Guyuan. Although the district is located in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the proportion of Hui residents is actually smaller than the proportion of Han Chinese. 80 percent of the district's residents are farmers. The district government is located on Government Street, and the district's postal code is 756000.
Yuanzhou District has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships. [2]
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Yuanzhou
原州区 ﻳُﻮًاﺟِﻮْ ٿِيُوِ | |
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![]() Yuanzhou in Guyuan | |
![]() Guyuan in Ningxia | |
Coordinates (Yuanzhou government): 36°00′13″N 106°17′16″E / 36.0037°N 106.2878°E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Ningxia |
Prefecture-level city | Guyuan |
District seat | Nanguan Subdistrict |
Area | |
• Total | 2,739.01 km2 (1,057.54 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)
[1] | |
• Total | 471,329 |
• Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Website |
www |
Yuanzhou, Guyuan | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 原州 區 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 原州 区 | ||||||||||||
|
Former names | |||||||||||||
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![]() "Cou-yuen-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of
Shaan-Gan, from
Du Halde's 1736
Description of China, based on reports from
Jesuit missionaries | |||||||||||||
Guyuan Prefecture | |||||||||||||
Chinese | 固原 州 | ||||||||||||
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Guyuan County | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 固原 縣 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 固原 县 | ||||||||||||
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Yuanzhou District, formerly Guyuan, is a district and the seat of the city of Guyuan in the south of Ningxia, China, bordering Gansu province to the northeast. It has a total area of 3,914 square kilometers (1,511 sq mi) and a population of 510,000 people.
Yuanzhou includes the old town of Guyuan or Guyuanzhou, which administered a prefecture in imperial times and a county before its urbanization.
Yuanzhou District is the economic, political, and transportation center of Guyuan. Although the district is located in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the proportion of Hui residents is actually smaller than the proportion of Han Chinese. 80 percent of the district's residents are farmers. The district government is located on Government Street, and the district's postal code is 756000.
Yuanzhou District has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships. [2]