Ningxia

Definitions

A Hui autonomous region of China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan.

Equivalents

Examples

“In 1955, the trans-Mongolian railroad was inaugurated and in 1958 the Baotou line was extended to Lanzhou in Gansu, passing through Ningxia.”

“FROM Baotou, China’s interior trunk line goes west and then south to one of China’s main concentrations of Muslims, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. My train⟳ left Baotou at 9:16 A.M., and the 317-mile trip⟳ took slightly over 10 hours; we arrived at 7:30 P.M., just 19 minutes late, at Ningxia's capital, Yinchuan.”

“Local sources said a sit-in protest⟳ by hundreds of ethnic Hui Muslims took place⟳ on Friday to defend⟳ the huge new mosque, which was built last⟳ year in the northern region of Ningxia.”

“China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported a new case of African swine fever on a farm in the northwestern region of Ningxia on Tuesday.”

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