Wuzhong, Ningxia
Wuzhong
吴忠市 · وُجْو شِ Wuchung | |
|---|---|
Wuzhong City | |
Location of Wuzhong City jurisdiction in Ningxia | |
Wuzhong Location of the city centre in Ningxia | |
| Coordinates (Wuzhong municipal government): 37°59′52″N 106°11′55″E / 37.9978°N 106.1986°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Ningxia |
| Municipal seat | Litong District |
| Population | |
| 1,415,400 | |
| • Urban | 722,400 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 40.6 billion US$ 6.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 29,756 US$ 4,778 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-NX-03 |
| Website | www |
Wuzhong (simplified Chinese: 吴忠; traditional Chinese: 吳忠; pinyin: Wúzhōng; Xiao'erjing: وُجْو شِ) is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It was known as Yinnan Prefecture (银南地区; 銀南地區; Yínnán Dìqū; Xiao'erjing: ءٍنًا دِٿِيُوِ) before it was upgraded to a prefecture-level city in 1998. Wuzhong is located in the Northwest of China, with the Yellow River flowing through the center of the city.In 2019, Wuzhong had a population of 1.4 million. By the end of 2024, the resident population of the city was 1,415,300, an increase of 12,600 over the end of the previous year, including 833,100 residents in urban areas.