Hongsibu, Wuzhong

Hongsibu District
红寺堡区
Hongsipu District
District
Hongsibu District in Wuzhong, Ningxia
Hongsibu District in Wuzhong, Ningxia
Hongsibu District is located in Ningxia
Hongsibu District
Hongsibu District
Location in Ningxia
Coordinates: 37°19′01″N 106°06′04″E / 37.317°N 106.101°E / 37.317; 106.101
CountryChina
RegionNingxia
Prefecture-level cityWuzhong
Established2009
SeatHongsibu Town
Government
 • SecretaryDing Jiancheng (丁建成)
 • GovernorWang Zhongqiang (王忠强)[1]
Area
[2]
 • 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
 • Density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
 • Urban
79,198
 • Rural
118,406
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
751900
Area code0953
WebsiteOfficial website

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.

Geography

Hongsibu 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

Hongsibu 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

Hongsibu 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

At 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

Hongsibu District's gross domestic product was estimated at CN¥1.56 billion in 2015.[16]

Infrastructure

The 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

  1. ^ "领导之窗" (in Chinese). People's Government of Hongsibu District. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  2. ^ a b "1–1 Administrative Divisions". Ningxia Statistical Yearbook 2020. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  3. ^ a b "人口民族_红寺堡区人民政府".
  4. ^ 红寺堡区简介 [Introduction to Hongsibu District] (in Chinese). Hongsibu news. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 红寺堡区 [Hongsibu District] (in Chinese). Ningxia News. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  7. ^ 宁夏罗山国家级自然保护区 [Ningxia Luoshan National Nature Reserve] (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  8. ^ Shu, Xihong (2016). The History and Present Condition of Ecological Migration in Ningxia. Springer. p. 26. ISBN 9783662473665. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  9. ^ a b "红寺堡区基本概况". 2021-03-09.
  10. ^ "The coal boom choking China". The Guardian. 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ a b "红寺堡区历史沿革" [History of Hongsibu District] (in Chinese). 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.