Ningxia is a relatively dry, desert-like region and features a diverse geography of forested mountains and hills, table lands, deserts, flood plains and basins cut through by the Yellow River. The Ningxia ecosystem is one of the least studied regions in the world.

The ethnic composition of Ningxia includes the Han (Chinese), who constitute the majority of the population; Hui (Chinese Muslims), at more than one-third of the population, the largest minority group; and Manchu and small numbers of Tibetans and Mongols. Nearly all the people speak Mandarin Chinese, with some speaking Tibetan and Mongolian.

Jul 22, 2024 · Ningxia, a green and beautiful land in northwestern China, where 1/3 of the population are Hui people. Tourists can see many mosques, deserts and historical sites.

Yinchuan, city and capital of the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia, north-central China. It is located in northern Ningxia in the south-central section of the Helan Mountains (which define the western extent of the Ordos Desert), near the western end of the Great Wall of China.

Dec 25, 2024 · Established in 1958, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region covers an area of 66,400 square kilometers. It has a permanent resident population of 7.29 million, 36.69 percent of whom are people of the Hui ethnic group.

Ningxia is the home of the Hui, one of the officially recognized Chinese ethnic minority groups. While some Hui are ethnically indistinguishable from the Han (China's majority ethnic group), many Hui retain Central Asian and Middle Eastern genetic features, most notably similar to Arabs and Persians, such as dark skin and lighter-colored eyes.

Jan 29, 2025 · The Ningxia autonomous region is home to the Hui people, a Muslim minority comprising one-third of the local population. Yinchuan is small for a capital city, with less than 1.5 million residents and only four registered English-speaking tour guides.

It is one of five provincial-level autonomous regions, each of which is designated to provide some autonomy for a significant indigenous ethnic group. Thus, the governor of Ningxia must always be Hui, though the reality of China’s political system means that this autonomy is in name only.

Although some Hui leaders joined the communists and rose to positions of influence in the region, most Ningxia Hui supported the Ma clan. In the end, a communist victory in Ningxia was won by the People’s Liberation Army in battle with the armies of the Ma clan.

Sep 19, 2018 · Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, located in China's northwest, is known as the "watery place beyond the great wall" for its spectacular landscape and unique regional development history.