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Region
  
Area
  
2,337 km²

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:13 AM

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Country
  
People's Republic of China

Weather
  
3°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 87% Humidity

Points of interest
  
One Hundred and Eight Stupas, Qingtongxia Tourist Area, Jinshawan

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Qingtongxia (simplified Chinese: 青铜峡; traditional Chinese: 青銅峽; pinyin: Qīngtóngxiá; Wade–Giles: Ch’ing-t’ong-hsia) literally, "Bronze Gorge" is a city in the province of Ningxia in the north of China. Administratively, Qingtongxia is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Wuzhong. It is located on the left (northwestern) bank of the Yellow River, opposite and a bit upstream of Wuzhong main urban area.

Contents

Map of Qingtongxia, Wuzhong, Ningxia, China

Qingtongxia has more than 100,000 residents. Many residents of Qingtongxia are Hui Muslim.

Economy

Qingtongxia Dam on the Yellow River (37°53′05″N 105°59′25″E) is located in Qingtongxia. A major irrigation canal branches off the river near the dam and runs north.

References

Qingtongxia Wikipedia


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