| Yuanzhou | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 原州区 Chinese: ﻳُﻮًاﺟِﻮْ ٿِيُوِ |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Image Map1: | Location of Guyuan Prefecture within Ningxia (China).png |
| Map Caption1: | Guyuan in Ningxia |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Yuanzhou government |
| Coordinates: | 36.0037°N 106.2878°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ningxia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Guyuan |
| Seat Type: | District seat |
| Seat: | Nanguan Subdistrict |
| Area Total Km2: | 2739.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 277500 |
| Population Urban Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Rural: | 199200 |
| Population Total: | 471329 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| P: | Yuánzhōu Qū |
| W: | Yüan-chou Ch’ü |
| Xej: | ﻳُﻮًاﺟِﻮْ ٿِيُوِ |
| Former names | |
| Pic: | File:Du Halde - Description de la Chine - Villes de second ordre de la province de Chensi.jpg |
| Piccap: | "Cou-yuen-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Shaan-Gan, from Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries |
| Also Known As: | Guyuan Prefecture |
| P2: | Gùyuán Zhōu |
| W2: | Ku-yüan Chou |
| Xej2: | قُيُوًا جِوْ |
| Altname3: | Guyuan County |
| P3: | Gùyuán Xiàn |
| W3: | Ku-yüan Hsien |
| Xej3: | قُيُوًا ثِيًا |
Yuanzhou District, formerly Guyuan, is a district and the seat of the city of Guyuan in the south of Ningxia, China, bordering Gansu province to the northeast. It has a total area of 3914sqkm 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 in imperial times and a county before its urbanization.
As of 2020 the population was 471,329. In 2022 the urbanization rate in the district was 58%.
| Han | 50.45% | |
| Hui | 49.36% |
Yuanzhou District is divided into 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships.[3]