Ning is short for Ningxia Hui Clan Autonomous region. It lies in the western part of the Yellow River. It is 66,000 square kilometers in area, with a population of 4.8 million. It is the main inhabiting region of the people in Hui Clan.

The topography of Ningxia is mainly plateaus and hilly lands. They occupy 75 percent in area. The plains here occupy more than 25 percent. The Yellow River flows in the northern part. It has a semi-moist continental climate in temperate zone.

The resource of the coal is amongst the important place in China. There are also phosphorus, gypsum, iron, petroleum and salt.

Major industries Ningxia Hui Clan Autonomous region are coal mining, electric power, machinery and metallurgical industry. In agriculture, there is wheat and hemp. Tan sheepskin, matrimony-vine, licorice are well known both in China and aboard.

Map-of-Ningxia

Baolan Railway runs through the northern part, and the highway system is convenient too.
Ningxia has a long history. There are a lot of historic relics.

The places of interest are Yin chuanhai Tower, Tomb of Xixia's monarch, Zhongwei Temple, 108 towers in Qingtong Gorge, caves in Xumi Mountain, and the mosque in Tongxin.

The traditional specialties of Ningxia are Tan sheepskin, Helanshan inkstone, Facai in Tongxin and Haiyuan, matrimony-vine in Zhongwei and Zhongning.