- Ningxia - Ningxia Urban population: 1.7 million
Nationalities: Han, Hui, and Manchu
Area: 66,000 square kilometers
Altitude: 2,000 meters in the mountains; 1,000 - 1,200 meters on the plains.
Climatic features: Temperate continental climate; long, cold winters; short, hot summers; low precipitation and strong winds.
Average temperature: -10 C to - 7C in January, 17 C to 24 C in July.
Annual Average Rainfall: 190-700 mm; precipitation increases from north to south and varies greatly from year to year.
Physical features: Loess Plateau in the south and east; Ningxia or Yinchuan Plain in the north; Yellow River traverses the Ningxia Plain; Helan Mountains along the western border; Liupan Mountains in the southwest.
Products: Wheat, millet, potatoes, corn, sorghum, broomcorn millet, rapeseed, soybeans; flax, hemp; plaster stone, salt, iron.
Specialties: Argali sheep hide and wool, facai, wolfberry fruit, licorice root, and Helan stone (collectively konwn as the region's "five treasures")
Administrative divisions: 4 cities and 16 counties.
Capital: Yinchuan
Neighboring Areas: Shaanxi, Gansu, and Inner Mongolia.
Major Cities: Yinchuan, Shizulshan, Wuzhong, Guyuan, Zhongwei, Qingtongxia.
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