Wuzhong, Ningxia

Wuzhong 吴忠市 · ءُﺟْﻮ شِ‎
Prefecture-level city
Wuzhong City
Location of Wuzhong City jurisdiction in Ningxia
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Ningxia
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Wuzhong (simplified Chinese: 吴忠; traditional Chinese: 吳忠) is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It was known as Yinnan Prefecture (Chinese: 银南地区) before it was upgraded to a prefecture-level city in 1998. In 2010, Wuzhong had a population of 1.3 million.

Administrative divisions

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#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Xiao'erjing	Population (2010)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Litong District	利通区	Lìtōng Qū	لِتْﻮ ﺛُﻮْ‎	379,346	1,415	268.0
2	Hongsibu District	红寺堡区	Hóngsìbù Qū	ﺡْﻮسِبُﻮْ ﺛُﻮْ‎	165,016	3,523	46.8
3	Qingtongxia City	青铜峡市	Qīngtóngxiá Shì	شِتْﻮﺷﯿَا شِ‎	264,717	2,337	113.3
4	Yanchi County	盐池县	Yánchí Xiàn	ﯾًﺎچِ ﺷِﯿًﺎ‎	146,560	8,558	17.1
5	Tongxin County	同心县	Tóngxīn Xiàn	ﺗْﻮسٍ ﺷِﯿًﺎ‎	318,153	8,184	38.9

Transportation

• China National Highway 211

History

During the early and mid-19th century, the territory of today's Wuzhong—as well as much of northern Ningxia—became a stronghold of the Jahriyya Sufi order (menhuan), which was headquartered in the town of Jinjipu (a few km south of today's Wuzhong's main urban area). Under the leadership of the order's fourth and fifth shaykhs, Ma Yide (the 1770s-1849) and Ma Hualong (d. 1871), it grew wealthy from the profits of caravan trade across Inner Mongolia, between Baotou, Huhhot and Beijing. Jinjipu became an important commercial and religious center.

During the Muslim Rebellion of 1862-1877, Jinjipu became the headquarters of the rebels in the Ningxia region. The town fell to Zuo Zongtang's troops in January 1871, and over a thousand rebels and residents were massacred; Ma Hualong with his family and Jahriyya officials were executed in March 1871.

Notable residents

• Shi Tao, journalist, writer, and poet
• Zhou Shengxian, the director of the State Forestry Administration, is from Wuzhong.

External links

• Wuzhong City Website