Qingtongxia

Qingtongxia 青铜峡市 · ٿٍْ‌طْوثِيَا شِ‎
County-level city
Location of Qingtongxia in Wuzhong
Qingtongxia Location in Ningxia
Coordinates: 37°53′06″N 105°59′27″E / 37.88500°N 105.99083°E / 37.88500; 105.99083Coordinates: 37°53′06″N 105°59′27″E / 37.88500°N 105.99083°E / 37.88500; 105.99083
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Ningxia
Area
• Total	1,907.57 km2 (736.52 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	264,717
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Qingtongxia (simplified Chinese: 青铜峡; traditional Chinese: 青銅峽; pinyin: Qīngtóngxiá; Wade–Giles: Ch’ing-t’ong-hsia; lit. 'Bronze Gorge', Xiao'erjing: ٿٍْ‌طْوثِيَا شِ) is a city in north-central Ningxia, China. Administratively, Qingtongxia is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Wuzhong. It is located on the left (northwestern) bank of the Yellow River, opposite and a bit upstream of Wuzhong main urban area, and borders Inner Mongolia to the west.

Qingtongxia had 264,717 residents in 2010. Many^[quantify] residents of Qingtongxia are Hui Muslim.

Places of interest[]

On the bank of the Yellow River outside the city of Qingtongxia is the site of 108 Buddhist stupas which were constructed during the Western Xia period.

Economy[]

on the Yellow River (

37°53′05″N 105°59′25″E / 37.88472°N 105.99028°E / 37.88472; 105.99028) is located in Qingtongxia. A major irrigation canal branches off the river near the dam and runs north.

Administrative divisions[]

Qingtongxia City has 1 subdistrict 7 towns and 2 farms.

1 subdistrict

• Yumin (裕民街道, ۋِمٍ ڭِيَ‌دَوْ‎)

7 towns

• Xiaoba (小坝镇, ثِيَوْبَا جٍ‎)
• (陈袁滩镇, چٍ‌یُوًاتًا جٍ‎)
• Xiakou (峡口���, ثِيَاکِوْ جٍ‎)
• Qujing (瞿靖镇, ٿِيُوِڭٍْ جٍ‎)
• (叶盛镇, يَ‌شٍْ جٍ‎)
• Qingtongxia (青铜峡镇, ٿٍْ‌طْوثِيًا جٍ‎)
• Daba (大坝镇, دَابَا جٍ‎)

2 others

farms

• (树新林场, شُ‌ثٍ لٍ‌چَانْ‎)
• (连湖农场, لِيًاخُ نْوچَانْ‎)

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