Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following three levels of administrative division.
Administrative divisions All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Ningxia. Prefecture levelCounty LevelNameChineseHanyu PinyinXiao'erjingDivision code Yinchuan city (Capital)(6401 / INC) Xingqing District سٍشٍ ﺛُﻮْ 640104 XQN Xixia District ثِشیَا ﺛُﻮ 640105 XQU Jinfeng District دٍ ﻓْﻊ ﺛُﻮ 640106 JFU Yongning County ﻳْﻮنٍ ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640121 YGN Helan County حْلً ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640122 HLN Lingwu city لٍءُ شِ 640181 LWU Shizuishan city(6402 / SZS) Dawukou District دَاءُﻛِﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ 640202 DWK Huinong District ﺧُﻮِﻧْﻮ ﺛُﻮْ 640205 HNO Pingluo County پٍلُوَع ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640221 PLO Wuzhong city(6403 / WZS) Litong District لِتْﻮ ﺛُﻮْ 640302 LTW Hongsibu District ﺡْﻮسِبُﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ 640303 HSE Yanchi County ﻳﯾًﺎچِ ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640323 YCY Tongxin County ﺗْﻮسٍ ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640324 TGX Qingtongxia city شِتْﻮﺷﯿَا شِ 640381 QTX Guyuan city(6404 / GYN) Yuanzhou District ﻳُﻮًاﺟِﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ 640402 YAZ Xiji County ثِجِ ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640422 XJI Longde County ﻟْﻮدْ ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640423 LDE Jingyuan County دٍﻳُﻮًا ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640424 JYK Pengyang County ﭘْعیْا ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640425 PEY Zhongwei city(6405 / ZWS) Shapotou District ﺷَﺎپُتِﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ 640502 SPT Zhongning County ﺟْﻮنٍ ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640521 ZNG Haiyuan County ﻫَیْیُوًا ﺷِﯿًﺎ 640522 HYB
Recent changes in administrative divisions Date Before After Note Reference 1980-??-?? Yi District Dawukou District renamed Er District Shizuishan District renamed San District Shitanjing District renamed 1983-01-18 all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) Civil Affairs Announcement all Prefecture-controlled city (PC-City) → County-level city (CL-City) 1983-07-29 Guyuan County Pengyang County established 1983-11-10 Wuzhong County Wuzhong (CL-City) reorganized 1984-12-17 Qingtongxia County Qingtongxia (CL-City) reorganized 1987-01-22 Jiao District, Shizuishan Huinong County reorganized 1996-04-29 Lingwu County Lingwu (CL-City) reorganized Civil Affairs 31 1998-05-11 Yinnan Prefecture Wuzhong (PL-City) reorganized State Council 17 Wuzhong (CL-City) Litong District reorganized 2001-07-07 Guyuan Prefecture Guyuan (PL-City) reorganized State Council 80 Guyuan County Yuanzhou District reorganized 2002-10-19 Cheng District, Yinchuan Xixia District renamed Civil Affairs 92 Xincheng District Jinfeng District renamed Jiao District, Yinchuan Xingqing District renamed Shitanjing District Dawukou District merged into 2003-12-31 Guyuan (PL-City) Zhongwei (PL-City) established State Council 139 ↳ Zhongwei County ↳ Shapotou District reorganized ↳ Huinong County ↳ Huinong District reorganized ↳ Shizuishan District merged into Taole County Pingluo County disestablished & merged into Shizuishan (PL-City) Yinchuan (PL-City) transferred & merged into ↳ Taole County ↳ Xingqing District transferred 2009-09-30 Tongxin County Hongsibu District established State Council 122
Population composition
Prefectures Prefecture 2010 2000Yinchuan1,993,0881,399,447Shizuishan725,482691,116Wuzhong1,273,7921,118,877Zhongwei1,080,832967,938Guyuan1,228,1561,287,738
Counties NamePrefecture2010 Xingqing Yinchuan 678,306 Xixia Yinchuan 329,310 Jinfeng Yinchuan 282,554 Yongning Yinchuan 218,260 Helan Yinchuan 222,981 Lingwu Yinchuan 261,677 Dawukou Shizuishan 286,669 Huinong Shizuishan 185,803 Pingluo Shizuishan 253,010 Litong Wuzhong 379,346 Hongsibu Wuzhong 165,016 Yanchi Wuzhong 146,560 Tongxin Wuzhong 318,153 Qingtongxia Wuzhong 264,717 Yuanzhou Guyuan 411,854 Xiji Guyuan 354,321 Longde Guyuan 160,754 Jingyuan Guyuan 101,026 Pengyang Guyuan 200,201 Shapotou Zhongwei 378,606 Zhongning Zhongwei 312,921 Haiyuan Zhongwei 389,305
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