Yuanzhou, Guyuan

Yuanzhou District, formerly Guyuan, is a district and the seat of the city of Guyuan in the south of Ningxia, China, bordering Gansu province to the northeast. It has a total area of 3914 sqkm and a population of 510,000 people.

History
Yuanzhou includes the old town of Guyuan or Guyuanzhou, which administered a prefecture in imperial times and a county before its urbanization.

Characteristics
Yuanzhou District is the economic, political, and transportation center of Guyuan. Although the district is located in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the proportion of Hui residents is actually smaller than the proportion of Han Chinese. 80 percent of the district's residents are farmers. The district government is located on Government Street, and the district's postal code is 756000.

Administrative divisions
Yuanzhou District has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 4 townships.


 * 3 subdistricts
 * Nanguan (南关街道, نًاقُوًا ڭِيَ‌دَوْ)
 * Guyan (古雁街道)
 * Beiyuan (北塬街道)


 * 7 towns
 * Sanying (三营镇, سًايٍ جٍ)
 * Guanting (官厅镇)
 * Kaicheng (开城镇, کَيْ‌چٍْ جٍ)
 * Zhangyi (张易镇, جَانْ‌ءِ جٍ)
 * Pengbu (彭堡镇, پٍْ‌بُ جٍ)
 * Touying (头营镇, تِوْيٍ جٍ)
 * Huangduobao (黄铎堡镇)


 * 4 townships
 * Zhonghe (中河乡, جْوحَ ثِيَانْ)
 * Hechuan (河川乡, حَ‌چُوًان ثِيَانْ)
 * Tanshan (炭山乡, تًاشًا ثِيَانْ)
 * Zhaike (寨科乡, جَيْ‌کْ ثِيَانْ)