Yanchi County (,

Xiao'erjing Xiao'erjing or Xiao'erjin or Xiaor jin or in its shortened form, Xiaojing, literally meaning "children's script" or "minor script" (cf. "original script" referring to the original Perso-Arabic script; zh, s=本经, t=本經, p=Běnjīng, Xiao ...

: يًاچِ ثِيًا) is a county under the administration of Wuzhong city in

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ningxia (,; , ; alternately romanized as Ninghsia), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1 ...

of the

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, bordering the provinces of

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...

to the east and Gansu to the south, as well as

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to the north. Covering a total area of , it has a population of about 150,000 people.

Characteristics

Yanchi County is one of China's most impoverished counties. Economic development has been slow, because much of the land in the county is wasteland with

alkali soil Alkali, or Alkaline, soils are clay soils with high pH (greater than 8.5), a poor soil structure and a low infiltration capacity. Often they have a hard calcareous layer at 0.5 to 1 metre depth. Alkali soils owe their unfavorable physico ...

, making farming difficult. Also, to cancel agricultural taxes on these lands, the county government has in recent years developed the cultivation of honey and high-tech herbs. The town of Huamachi serves as the location for the county government offices. The county's postal code is 751500.

Geography and climate

Administrative divisions

Yanchi County has 4 towns and 4 townships. ;4 towns * Huamachi (, ) * Gaoshawo (, ) * Hui′anbao (, ) * Dashuikeng (, ) ;4 townships * Mahuangshan (, ) * Qingshan (, ) * Fengjigou (, ) * Wanglejing (, )

References

County-level divisions of Ningxia Wuzhong, Ningxia {{ningxia-geo-stub