Yuanzhou District, Guyuan
| Yuanzhou District, Guyuan | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 原州區 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 原州区 | ||||||||
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 "Cou-yuen-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Shaan-Gan, from Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries | |||||||||
| Guyuan Prefecture | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 固原州 | ||||||||
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| Guyuan County | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 固原縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 固原县 | ||||||||
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Yuanzhou District, formerly Guyuan, is a district of Guyuan City in Ningxia, China. It has a total area of 3,914 square kilometers (1,511 sq mi) and a population of 510,000 people.
History
Yuanzhou includes the old town of Guyuan or Guyuanzhou, which administered a prefecture in imperial times and a county before its urbanization.
Characteristics
Yuanzhou District administers eight towns, six townships, and one office. It is the economic, political, and transportation center of Guyuan. Although the district is located in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the proportion of Hui residents is actually smaller than the proportion of Han Chinese. 80 percent of the district's residents are farmers. The district government is located on Government Street, and the district's postal code is 756000.
Coordinates: 36°11′N 106°14′E / 36.183°N 106.233°E