Yuanzhou District, formerly Guyuan, is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
and the seat of the city of
Guyuan
Guyuan ( zh, c=固原, p=Gùyuán ), formerly known as Xihaigu ( zh, links= , c=西海固, p=xīhǎigù, Xiao'erjing: قُيُوًا شِ) or Dayuan (), is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republi ...
in the south of
Ningxia
Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous ...
, China, bordering
Gansu
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province to the northeast. It has a total area of and a population of 510,000 people.
Yuanzhou District is the economic, political, and transportation center of Guyuan. It includes the old town of Guyuan or Guyuanzhou, which administered a
prefecture
A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''praefectura"'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain inter ...
in imperial times and a
county
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before its urbanization.
History
Demographics
As of 2020 the population was 471,329. In 2022 the urbanization rate in the district was 58%.
Administrative divisions
Yuanzhou District is divided into 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships.
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Nanguan (, )
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Guyan Guyan is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
*Guyan Kanté (born 1982), Ivorian footballer
* Guyan Porter (born 1971), Scottish artist
* George Guyan (1901–1984), Scottish footballer
*Li Guyan
Li Guyan (李固 ...
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Beiyuan ()
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Sanying (, )
* Guanting ()
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Kaicheng (, )
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Zhangyi
Zhangyi () is a town under the administration of Yuanzhou District, Guyuan, Ningxia, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, ...
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Pengbu (, )
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Touying (, )
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Huangduobao ()
;4 townships
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Zhonghe (, )
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Hechuan
Hechuan () is a district in the northern part of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China, located at the meeting point of the Jialing, Fu and Qu rivers, with a history of 1,500 years. Hechuan is away from downtown Chongqing's Yuz ...
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Tanshan (, )
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Zhaike (, )
References
County-level divisions of Ningxia
Guyuan
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