Yinchuan
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Yinchuan is a prefecture-level city in Ningxia, with administrative division code 640100.

## Administrative status

Yinchuan is part of [Ningxia](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia.html) (autonomous region)[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

6 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Xingqing District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-xingqing.html) (district, 640104)
- [Xixia District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-xixia.html) (district, 640105)
- [Jinfeng District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-jinfeng.html) (district, 640106)
- [Yongning County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-yongning.html) (county, 640121)
- [Helan County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-helan.html) (county, 640122)
- [Lingwu](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-lingwu.html) (county-level city, 640181)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 640100[^mca2023]
- Area: 6,942.86 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 2.86 million (2020)[^wikidata]

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Ningxia https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Xingqing District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-xingqing.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Xixia District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-xixia.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jinfeng District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-jinfeng.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Yongning County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-yongning.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Helan County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-helan.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Lingwu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-lingwu.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Related works: 宁夏手抓羊肉 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/yinchuan-zhuashou-yangrou.html
- Related works: 宁夏羊肉臊子面 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/yinchuan-yangrou-saozi-mian.html

Mentioned in:
- Ningxia https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia.html
- Xingqing District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-xingqing.html
- Xixia District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-xixia.html
- Jinfeng District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-jinfeng.html
- Yongning County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-yongning.html
- Helan County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-helan.html
- Lingwu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ningxia-lingwu.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 640100 银川市
- Wikidata Q211243 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211243
- Yinchuan (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinchuan
- 银川市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%93%B6%E5%B7%9D%E5%B8%82