| 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 Total: | 471329 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| 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 includes the old town of Guyuan or Guyuanzhou, which administered a prefecture in imperial times and a county before its urbanization.
Yuanzhou District is the economic, political, and transportation center of Guyuan. Although the district is located in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the proportion of Hui residents is actually smaller than the proportion of Han Chinese. 80 percent of the district's residents are farmers. The district government is located on Government Street, and the district's postal code is 756000.
Yuanzhou District has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships.[2]