Clockwise from top: View of Xingqing District from the Pagoda of Chengtian Temple, Drum Tower, Yinchuan railway station, Nanguan Grand Mosque, Western Xia mausoleums, Pagoda of Chengtian Temple, Fenghuang Monument
The territory of Yinchuan prefecture-level city (yellow) within Ningxia
"Yínchuān" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese
银川
Traditional Chinese
銀川
Hanyu Pinyin
Yínchuān
Literal meaning
"Silver River"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yínchuān
Bopomofo
ㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Ynchuan
Wade–Giles
Yin2-ch'uan1
IPA
[ǐn.ʈʂʰwán]
Wu
Romanization
Nyin平-tshoe平
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Ngàhnchyūn
Jyutping
Ngan4 cyun1
IPA
[ŋɐn˩.tsʰyːn˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Gîn-chhoan
Tâi-lô
Gîn-tshoan
Yinchuan[a] is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China,[4] and was the capital of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of 8,874.61 km2 (3,426.51 sq mi) and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 Chinese census, and its built-up area was home to 2,564,918 inhabitants spread between three urban districts and Helan and Yongning counties largely being urbanized. The city's name literally means "silver river".
Yinchuan is now the permanent site for the China-Arab Expo, a platform for cultural and economic exchanges between China and Arab countries.
The city is also home to Ningxia University, the largest regional comprehensive university under Ningxia's Project 211.
^"China: Níngxià (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^宁夏统计年鉴2016
^"Yinchuan". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021.
^"Illuminating China's Provinces, Municipalities and Autonomous Regions". PRC Central Government Official Website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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