Hongsibu District


Hongsibu District, Hóngsìpǔ Qū ) is a district within the prefecture-level city of Wuzhong in the autonomous region of Ningxia, China.

Geography

Hongsibu is located south of the regional capital Yinchuan. It covers an area of in a basin bounded by Mount Niushou in the north, Mount Yantong in the west and Mount Luo in the east; the last has been designated a National Nature Reserve. The terrain is higher in the south than the north and the elevation generally ranges between 1240 and 1450 m above sea level.

History

Hongsibu first appears as a place name during the Ming dynasty.
Beginning in 1998, the area now comprising the district was chosen as a resettlement location for people from drought-stricken areas of southern Ningxia. In the most ambitious scheme of its kind in China, water was diverted from the Yellow River to create and irrigate of new agricultural land. The administrative district was established in 2009.

Administration

Hongsibu District is divided into the towns of Hongsibu and Taiyangshan and the townships of Xinzhuangji, Dahe and Liuquan, the last of which was created in 2014 from the western part of Xinzhuangji. The District Party Committee Secretary is Ding Jiancheng and the District Governor is Tan Xingling.

Demographics

At the end of 2015 the population of Hongsibu District was estimated at 197,350, of which 29.23% lived in urban areas. The district recorded a population of 165,016 in the 2010 national census and 51,875 in the 2000 census.

Economy

Hongsibu District's gross domestic product was estimated at 1.56 billion in 2015.

Infrastructure

The Dingwu, Fuyin and Gunhong expressways run through the northern part of the district, as does the Taiyuan–Zhongwei–Yinchuan Railway. The Hongsibu Solar Park is located in the district.