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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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Vines in Ningxia must be buried in soil in winter to protect them from the harsh cold, a laborious process that significantly increases costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

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

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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