Hongsibu District (simplified Chinese: 红寺堡区; traditional Chinese: 紅寺堡區; pinyin: Hóngsìbǔ Qū (official), Hóngsìpǔ Qū (local)[4]) is a district within the prefecture-level city of Wuzhong in the autonomous region of Ningxia, China.
Hongsibu District
红寺堡区 Hongsipu District | |
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 Hongsibu District in Wuzhong, Ningxia | |
  Hongsibu District Location in Ningxia | |
| Coordinates: 37°19′01″N 106°06′04″E / 37.317°N 106.101°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Ningxia |
| Prefecture-level city | Wuzhong |
| Established | 2009 |
| Seat | Hongsibu Town |
| Government | |
| • Secretary | Ding Jiancheng (丁建成) |
| • Governor | Wang Zhongqiang (王忠强)[1] |
| Area | |
• District | 3,523.09 km2 (1,360.27 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,450 m (4,760 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,240 m (4,070 ft) |
| Population (2020 Census)[3] | |
• District | 197,604 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 79,198 |
| • Rural | 118,406 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 751900 |
| Area code | 0953 |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
editHongsibu is located 127 kilometres (79 mi) south of the regional capital Yinchuan.[5] It covers an area of 3,523.09 square kilometres (1,360.27 sq mi)[2] in a basin bounded by Mount Niushou (牛首山, 1,774 m (5,820 ft)) in the north, Mount Yantong (烟筒山, 1,715 m (5,627 ft)) in the west and Mount Luo (罗山, 2,624 m (8,609 ft)) in the east;[6] the last has been designated a National Nature Reserve.[7] The terrain is higher in the south than the north and the elevation generally ranges between 1240 and 1450 m above sea level.[5]
History
editHongsibu first appears as a place name during the Ming dynasty.[5]
Beginning in 1998, the area now comprising the district was chosen as a resettlement location for over 200,000 people from drought-stricken areas of southern Ningxia.[8][9] In the most ambitious scheme of its kind in China,[10] water was diverted from the Yellow River to create and irrigate 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) of new agricultural land.[5] The administrative district was established in 2009.[11]
Administration
editHongsibu District is divided into 1 subdistrict, 2 towns and 3 townships:[12] Xinmin Subdistrict (新民街道), Hongsibu Town (红寺堡镇), Taiyangshan Town (太阳山镇), Xinzhuangji Township (新庄集乡), Dahe Township (大河乡) and Liuquan Township (柳泉乡),[13] the last of which was created in 2014 from the western part of Xinzhuangji.[14]
Demographics
editAt the end of 2020 the population of Hongsibu District was 197,604, of which 40.1% lived in urban areas.[3] The district recorded a population of 165,016 in the 2010 national census[15] It was 51,875 in the 2000 census.[14] 61% of the population is Hui.[9]
Economy
editHongsibu District's gross domestic product was estimated at CN¥1.56 billion in 2015.[16]
Infrastructure
editThe Dingbian–Wuwei, Fuzhou–Yinchuan, and Gunquan-Hongsibu (formerly S19, now signed as G6) expressways run through the northern part of the district, as does the Taiyuan–Zhongwei–Yinchuan Railway.[5] The Hongsibu Solar Park is located in the district.
References
edit- ^ "领导之窗" (in Chinese). People's Government of Hongsibu District. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ a b "1–1 Administrative Divisions". Ningxia Statistical Yearbook 2020. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ a b "人口民族_红寺堡区人民政府".
- ^ 红寺堡区简介 [Introduction to Hongsibu District] (in Chinese). Hongsibu news. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e 红寺堡区基本概况 [Overview of Hongsibu District] (in Chinese). People's Government of Hongsibu District. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ 红寺堡区 [Hongsibu District] (in Chinese). Ningxia News. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ^ 宁夏罗山国家级自然保护区 [Ningxia Luoshan National Nature Reserve] (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ^ Shu, Xihong (2016). The History and Present Condition of Ecological Migration in Ningxia. Springer. p. 26. ISBN 9783662473665.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ a b "红寺堡区基本概况". 2021-03-09.
- ^ "The coal boom choking China". The Guardian. 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ^ 宁夏回族自治区二〇〇九年县级以上行政区划变更情况. Ministry of Civil Affairs. 2009-09-30. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：红寺堡区 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
- ^ "红寺堡现有城市社区、行政村名称及各村户数、人口基本情况" (in Chinese). 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ a b "红寺堡区历史沿革" [History of Hongsibu District] (in Chinese). 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ^ "宁夏回族自治区2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报". National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ^ "红寺堡区2015年国民经济和社会发展统计公报" [Hongsibu District 2015 Economic and Social Development Statistics Bulletin] (in Chinese). Hongsibu Statistics Bureau. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-11-04.