Ningxia

"La Región Autónoma Hui de Ningxia (chino simplificado: , chino tradicional: , pinyin: Níngxià Huí Zú Zìzhìq, transcripción antigua: Ningsia) es una Región autónoma de China (las regiones autónomas tienen rango similar al provincial pero se caracterizan por estar asociadas a grupos étnicos minoritarios y a mayor autonomía). Está situada al oeste de la meseta de loes, en el curso superior del río Amarillo. Su capital es Yinchuan. Limita al norte con la región autónoma de Mongolia Interior, al este con la provincia de Shaanxi y al sur y oeste con la de Gansu. Su extensión es de 66.400 km² y su población de casi seis millones de habitantes (2003)."

"Ningxia (Chinese: ; pronounced [niia], Xiao'erjing: ), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China located in the northwest part of the country. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was separated from Gansu in 1958 and was reconstituted as an autonomous region for the Hui people, one of the 56 officially recognised nationalities of China. Twenty percent of China's Hui population lives in Ningxia. Ningxia is bounded by Shaanxi to the east, Gansu to the south and west, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north and has an area of around 66,400 square kilometres (25,600 sq mi). This sparsely settled, mostly desert region lies partially on the Loess Plateau and in the vast plain of the Yellow River, and features the Great Wall of China along its northeastern boundary. Over the years an extensive system of canals has been built. Extensive land reclamation and irrigation projects have made increased cultivation possible."