Yuanzhou District, Guyuan

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
原州区
ﻳُﻮًاﺟِﻮْ ٿِيُوِ
Yuanzhou in Guyuan
Yuanzhou in Guyuan
Guyuan in Ningxia
Guyuan in Ningxia
Coordinates (Yuanzhou government): 36°00′13″N 106°17′16″E
CountryChina
Autonomous regionNingxia
Prefecture-level cityGuyuan
District seatNanguan Subdistrict
Area
  Total2,739.01 km2 (1,057.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
  Total471,329
  Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.yzh.gov.cn
Yuanzhou District, Guyuan
Traditional Chinese原州
Simplified Chinese原州
Former names
"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
Guyuan County
Traditional Chinese固原
Simplified Chinese固原

History

Yuanzhou includes the old town of Guyuan or Guyuanzhou, which administered a prefecture in imperial times and a county before its urbanization.

Characteristics

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.

Administrative divisions

Yuanzhou District has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships.[2]

3 subdistricts
  • Nanguan (南关街道, نًاقُوًا ڭِيَ‌دَوْ)
  • Guyan (古雁街道)
  • Beiyuan (北塬街道)
7 towns
  • Sanying (三营镇, سًايٍ جٍ)
  • Guanting (官厅镇)
  • Kaicheng (开城镇, کَيْ‌چٍْ جٍ)
  • Zhangyi (张易镇, جَانْ‌ءِ جٍ)
  • Pengbu (彭堡镇, پٍْ‌بُ جٍ)
  • Touying (头营镇, تِوْيٍ جٍ)
  • Huangduobao (黄铎堡镇)
4 townships
  • Zhonghe (中河乡, جْوحَ ثِيَانْ)
  • Hechuan (河川乡, حَ‌چُوًان ثِيَانْ)
  • Tanshan (炭山乡, تًاشًا ثِيَانْ)
  • Zhaike (寨科乡, جَيْ‌کْ ثِيَانْ)

References

  1. "固原市原州区第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——地区人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Yuanzhou District. 2021-06-02.
  2. 2022年统计用区划代码:原州区 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.


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