| Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region | |
| Type: | Autonomous Region |
| Capital: | Yinchuan |
| Prefectural Cities: | 5 |
| County Cities: | 2 |
| Counties: | 11 |
| Districts: | 9 |
| Towns: | 94 |
| Townships: | 93 |
| Subdistricts: | 42 |
| Communities: | 529 |
| Villages: | 2,254 |
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following three levels of administrative division.
All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Ningxia.
| Prefecture level | County Level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Xiao'erjing | Division code[1] | ||
| Yinchuan city Chinese: 银川市 Chinese: Yínchuān Shì (Capital) (6401 / INC) | Xingqing District | Chinese: 兴庆区 | Chinese: Xīngqìng Qū | سٍشٍ ﺛُﻮْ | 640104 | XQN |
| Xixia District | Chinese: 西夏区 | Chinese: Xīxià Qū | ثِشیَا ﺛُﻮ | 640105 | XQU | |
| Jinfeng District | Chinese: 金凤区 | Chinese: Jīnfèng Qū | دٍ ﻓْﻊ ﺛُﻮ | 640106 | JFU | |
| Yongning County | Chinese: 永宁县 | Chinese: Yǒngníng Xiàn | ﻳْﻮنٍ ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640121 | YGN | |
| Helan County | Chinese: 贺兰县 | Chinese: Hèlán Xiàn | حْلً ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640122 | HLN | |
| Lingwu city | Chinese: 灵武市 | Chinese: Língwǔ Shì | لٍءُ شِ | 640181 | LWU | |
| Shizuishan city Chinese: 石嘴山市 Chinese: Shízuǐshān Shì (6402 / SZS) | Dawukou District | Chinese: 大武口区 | Chinese: Dàwǔkǒu Qū | دَاءُﻛِﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ | 640202 | DWK |
| Huinong District | Chinese: 惠农区 | Chinese: Hùinóng Qū | ﺧُﻮِﻧْﻮ ﺛُﻮْ | 640205 | HNO | |
| Pingluo County | Chinese: 平罗县 | Chinese: Píngluó Xiàn | پٍلُوَع ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640221 | PLO | |
| Wuzhong city Chinese: 吴忠市 Chinese: Wúzhōng Shì (6403 / WZS) | Litong District | Chinese: 利通区 | Chinese: Lìtōng Qū | لِتْﻮ ﺛُﻮْ | 640302 | LTW |
| Hongsibu District | Chinese: 红寺堡区 | Chinese: Hóngsìbù Qū | ﺡْﻮسِبُﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ | 640303 | HSE | |
| Yanchi County | Chinese: 盐池县 | Chinese: Yánchí Xiàn | ﻳﯾًﺎچِ ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640323 | YCY | |
| Tongxin County | Chinese: 同心县 | Chinese: Tóngxīn Xiàn | ﺗْﻮسٍ ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640324 | TGX | |
| Qingtongxia city | Chinese: 青铜峡市 | Chinese: Qīngtóngxiá Shì | شِتْﻮﺷﯿَا شِ | 640381 | QTX | |
| Guyuan city Chinese: 固原市 Chinese: Gùyuán Shì (6404 / GYN) | Yuanzhou District | Chinese: 原州区 | Chinese: Yuánzhōu Qū | ﻳُﻮًاﺟِﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ | 640402 | YAZ |
| Xiji County | Chinese: 西吉县 | Chinese: Xījí Xiàn | ثِجِ ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640422 | XJI | |
| Longde County | Chinese: 隆德县 | Chinese: Lóngdé Xiàn | ﻟْﻮدْ ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640423 | LDE | |
| Jingyuan County | Chinese: 泾源县 | Chinese: Jīngyuán Xiàn | دٍﻳُﻮًا ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640424 | JYK | |
| Pengyang County | Chinese: 彭阳县 | Chinese: Péngyáng Xiàn | ﭘْعیْا ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640425 | PEY | |
| Zhongwei city Chinese: 中卫市 Chinese: Zhōngwèi Shì (6405 / ZWS) | Shapotou District | Chinese: 沙坡头区 | Chinese: Shāpōtóu Qū | ﺷَﺎپُتِﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ | 640502 | SPT |
| Zhongning County | Chinese: 中宁县 | Chinese: Zhōngníng Xiàn | ﺟْﻮنٍ ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640521 | ZNG | |
| Haiyuan County | Chinese: 海原县 | Chinese: Hǎiyuán Xiàn | ﻫَیْیُوًا ﺷِﯿًﺎ | 640522 | HYB | |
| Date | Before | After | Note | Reference[2] [3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-??-?? | Yi District | Dawukou District | renamed | ||
| Er District | Shizuishan District | renamed | |||
| San District | Shitanjing District | renamed | |||
| 1983-01-18 | all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) | Civil Affairs Announcement | |||
| all Prefecture-controlled city (PC-City) → County-level city (CL-City) | |||||
| 1983-07-29 | Guyuan County | Pengyang County | established | ||
| 1983-11-10 | Wuzhong County | Wuzhong (CL-City) | reorganized | ||
| 1984-12-17 | Qingtongxia County | Qingtongxia (CL-City) | reorganized | ||
| 1987-01-22 | Jiao District, Shizuishan | Huinong County | reorganized | ||
| 1996-04-29 | Lingwu County | Lingwu (CL-City) | reorganized | Civil Affairs [1996]31 | |
| 1998-05-11 | Yinnan Prefecture | Wuzhong (PL-City) | reorganized | State Council [1998]17 | |
| Wuzhong (CL-City) | Litong District | reorganized | |||
| 2001-07-07 | Guyuan Prefecture | Guyuan (PL-City) | reorganized | State Council [2001]80 | |
| Guyuan County | Yuanzhou District | reorganized | |||
| 2002-10-19 | Cheng District, Yinchuan | Xixia District | renamed | Civil Affairs [2002]92 | |
| Xincheng District | Jinfeng District | renamed | |||
| Jiao District, Yinchuan | Xingqing District | renamed | |||
| Shitanjing District | Dawukou District | merged into | |||
| 2003-12-31 | Guyuan (PL-City) | Zhongwei (PL-City) | established | State Council [2003]139 | |
| ↳ Zhongwei County | ↳ Shapotou District | reorganized | |||
| ↳ Huinong County | ↳ Huinong District | reorganized | |||
| ↳ Shizuishan District | merged into | ||||
| Taole County | Pingluo County | disestablished & merged into | |||
| Shizuishan (PL-City) | Yinchuan (PL-City) | transferred & merged into | |||
| ↳ Taole County | ↳ Xingqing District | transferred | |||
| 2009-09-30 | Tongxin County | Hongsibu District | established | State Council [2009]122 | |
| Prefecture | 2010 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yinchuan | 1,993,088 | 1,399,447 | |
| Shizuishan | 725,482 | 691,116 | |
| Wuzhong | 1,273,792 | 1,118,877 | |
| Zhongwei | 1,080,832 | 967,938 | |
| Guyuan | 1,228,156 | 1,287,738 |
| Name | Prefecture | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yinchuan | 678,306 | ||
| Yinchuan | 329,310 | ||
| Yinchuan | 282,554 | ||
| Yinchuan | 218,260 | ||
| Yinchuan | 222,981 | ||
| Yinchuan | 261,677 | ||
| Shizuishan | 286,669 | ||
| Shizuishan | 185,803 | ||
| Shizuishan | 253,010 | ||
| Wuzhong | 379,346 | ||
| Wuzhong | 165,016 | ||
| Wuzhong | 146,560 | ||
| Wuzhong | 318,153 | ||
| Wuzhong | 264,717 | ||
| Guyuan | 411,854 | ||
| Guyuan | 354,321 | ||
| Guyuan | 160,754 | ||
| Guyuan | 101,026 | ||
| Guyuan | 200,201 | ||
| Zhongwei | 378,606 | ||
| Zhongwei | 312,921 | ||
| Zhongwei | 389,305 |