Zhongning County is a

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under the administration of

Zhongwei Zhongwei (, Xiao'erjing: جْووِ شِ) is a prefecture-level city of Ningxia, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 1,174,600 in 2019. The city is known for its wolfberry and Gobi watermelon cultivation. One of the ...

city in west-central

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ningxia, officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in Northwestern China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in 1954 but was later separated from Gansu in 1958 and reconstituted as an autonomous ...

of China, bordering

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to the northwest. It is the point at which the northern twist of the

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begins, creating the

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. It has a total area of , and a population of approximately 410,000 people. Zhongning County is an agricultural county. In addition to traditional agricultural products, Wolfberries have begun to be cultivated in recent years. However, due to a drought, the growing range for the berries has not significantly increased. The county government is located in the town of Ningan and the county's postal code is 755100.

Administrative divisions

Zhongning County has 6 towns and 6 townships. ;6 towns *

Ning'an Ning'an () is a city located approximately southwest of Mudanjiang, in the southeast of Heilongjiang province, China, bordering Jilin province to the south. It is located on the Mudanjiang River (formerly known as Hurka River), which flows north ...

(, ) *

Enhe Enhe Russian Ethnic Township (, ) is an ethnic township in Northeast Inner Mongolia under the administration of Ergun City. The township along the banks of the Argun River. Enhe is the only ethnic township in China designated for China's Russi ...

(, ) * Xinbao (, ) * Shikong (, ) * Mingsha (, ) * Dazhanchang (, ) ;6 townships * Xutao (, ) * Hanjiaoshu (, ) * Yuding (, ) * Baima (, ) * Zhouta (, ) * Taiyangliang (, )

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Ningxia Zhongwei {{ningxia-geo-stub