Place:Yinchuan, Ningsia, People's Republic of China

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NameYinchuan
Alt namesNingsiasource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Yin-ch'uansource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 1362
TypeCity
Coordinates38.5°N 106.317°E
Located inNingsia, People's Republic of China
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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 and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 Chinese census and Its built-up area was home to 1,901,793 inhabitants spread between three urban districts. The city's name literally means "silver river".

Facing the Yellow River in the east, Yinchuan is known as a "River Side City in the Northwest" and "Home to Fish and Rice". 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 the Project 211 in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

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