Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Japanese: 寧夏回族自治区 - ねいかかいぞくじちく

An ethnic autonomous region in northwest China, sandwiched between Gansu Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Its capital is Yinchuan. 33% of the population is Hui, 66% Han, Manchu and Mongolian. The Yellow River Basin in the northwest is irrigated and is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the autonomous region. The Helan Mountains are a nomadic region of grasslands and desert. Agriculture includes wheat, foxtail mill, sorghum, hemp, tobacco and medicinal materials, and livestock includes wool, cowhide and sheepskin. Minerals include coal and salt. Industry includes machinery, leather, wool products, flour milling, oil extraction and porcelain. Transportation is by water along the Yellow River and the Baolan Railway (Baotou to Lanzhou), and roads are relatively well developed. In October 1958, it was separated from Gansu Province to become an autonomous region. ^{Area is approximately 66,000 km2} . Population: 6.59 million (2014).
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中国北西部，甘粛省と内モンゴル自治区にはさまれた民族自治区。主都は銀川。回族33％，漢族66％のほか満州族，モンゴル族が居住。北西部の黄河流域盆地は灌漑(かんがい)が行われ，自治区の政治・経済・文化・交通の中心。賀蘭山脈一帯は草原と砂漠で遊牧地帯。農業は小麦，アワ，コーリャン，麻，タバコ，薬材などがあり，畜産に羊毛，牛皮，羊皮がある。鉱産は石炭，塩。工業は機械，皮革，毛製品，製粉，搾油，磁器など。交通は黄河水運のほか，包蘭鉄路（パオトウ〜蘭州）に沿い，道路は比較的発達している。1958年10月，甘粛省から分離して自治区となった。約６万6000km²。659万人（2014）。
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