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
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionNingxia
Prefecture-level cityWuzhong
Established2009
SeatTown of Hongsibu (红寺堡镇)
Government
 • SecretaryDing Jiancheng
 • GovernorWang Zhongqiang
Area
[1]
 • District3,523.09 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)[2]
 • District197,604
 • 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)[3]) 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.[4] It covers an area of 3,523.09 square kilometres (1,360.27 sq mi)[1] 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;[5] the last has been designated a National Nature Reserve.[6] The terrain is higher in the south than the north and the elevation generally ranges between 1240 and 1450 m above sea level.[4]

History

Hongsibu first appears as a place name during the Ming dynasty.[4]

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.[7][8] In the most ambitious scheme of its kind in China,[9] water was diverted from the Yellow River to create and irrigate 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) of new agricultural land.[4] The administrative district was established in 2009.[10]

Administration

Hongsibu District is divided into the subdistrict of Xinmin (新民街道); the towns of Hongsibu (红寺堡镇) and Taiyangshan (太阳山镇); and the townships of Xinzhuangji (新庄集乡), Dahe (大河乡) and Liuquan (柳泉乡),[11] the last of which was created in 2014 from the western part of Xinzhuangji.[12] The District Party Committee Secretary is Ding Jiancheng (丁建成) and the District Governor is Wang Zhongqiang (王忠强).[13]

Demographics

At the end of 2020 the population of Hongsibu District was 197,604, of which 40.1% lived in urban areas.[2] The district recorded a population of 165,016 in the 2010 national census[14] It was 51,875 in the 2000 census.[12] 61% of the population is Hui.[8]

Economy

Hongsibu District's gross domestic product was estimated at CN¥1.56 billion in 2015.[15]

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.[4] The Hongsibu Solar Park is located in the district.

References

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