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Yinchuan (银川 Yínchuān) is the capital of Ningxia Autonomous Region. Located on the Yellow River, it was once the capital of the Western Xia kingdom, also called the Tangut Empire. The city has a population of around 750,000.
Yinchuan (simplified Chinese: 银川, traditional Chinese: 銀川, pinyin: Yínchuān) is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Western Xia Empire of the Tanguts. 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 census Its built-up area was home to 1,901,793 inhabitants spread between three urban districts. The city's name literally means "silver river".
Facing the Yellow River in the east, Yinchuan is known as a "River Side City in the Northwest" and "Home to Fish and Rice". 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 Project 211 in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.