Yuanzhou, Guyuan

Yuanzhou 原州区
District
Yuanzhou in Guyuan
Guyuan in Ningxia
Coordinates (Yuanzhou government): 36°00′13″N 106°17′16″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Ningxia
Prefecture-level city	Guyuan
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yuanzhou, Guyuan
Traditional Chinese	原州區
Simplified Chinese	原州区
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuánzhōu Qū Wade–Giles Yüan-chou Ch’ü

Former names
"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
Chinese	固原州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gùyuán Zhōu Wade–Giles Ku-yüan Chou
Guyuan County
Traditional Chinese	固原縣
Simplified Chinese	固原县
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gùyuán Xiàn Wade–Giles Ku-yüan Hsien

Yuanzhou District, formerly Guyuan, is a district and the seat of the city of Guyuan in the south of Ningxia, China, bordering Gansu province to the northeast. 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.