| Ningxia | |
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Location  | |
| State | China |
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| Capital | Yinchuan |
| Surface | 66,000 km² |
| Inhabitants | 5.880.000 (2004) |
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Ningxia (宁夏; Níngxià) is a province of the Northwest China.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
Urban centers
- Yinchuan (银川; Yínchuān Shì) - Famous above all for the pyramidal tombs built at the time of Western Xia dynasty.
- Guyuan (固原; Gùyuán) - Resting place of a 62 meter tall Maitreya Buddha.
- Qingtongxia (青銅峽; Qīngtóngxiá) - It houses the 108 Dagobas.
- Shizuishan (石嘴山; Shízuǐshān) - Near Mount Helan and Lake Shahu.
- Tongxin (同心 縣; Tóngxīn) - It houses one of the oldest mosques of the Ming dynasty.
- Yongning (永寧 縣; Yǒngníng) - Center of Chinese Muslims and the China Hui Culture Park.
- Zhongwei (中卫; Zhōngwèi) - Trapped between the desert and the Yellow River
Other destinations
- Helan Mountains - Isolated mountains on the border with Inner Mongolia.
- Xixia Wangling National Park - Includes the western tombs of the Xia dynasty.
