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Ningxia

American  
[ning-shyah] / ˈnɪŋˈʃjɑ /
Wade-Giles, Ninghsia;

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a former province in NW China, now part of Inner Mongolia.


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Ningxia, roughly 600 miles west of Beijing, has thin rocky soil and freezing winters: it wasn’t an obvious place for a winery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Most of China's Muslims live in the country's north-west, which includes Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023

The policy of “consolidating mosques” was also referenced in a March 2018 document issued by the government of Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

Another video verified by HRW showed an ablution hall in Liujiaguo mosque in southern Ningxia being demolished shortly after the removal of its two minarets and a dome.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023

Cases of bubonic plague infection, a highly infectious disease that is spread mostly by rodents, are low in China, with most found in Inner Mongolia and northwestern Ningxia region in recent years.

From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2023

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