| Geography and Climate | 
            
            
                - Area : 66,400㎢
 
                - Location : upper region of Yellow river located Northwest of China, East Ningxia meets with Shaanxi Province, Northwest boarders with Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and South with Gansu Province
 
                - Geomorphology : high in South and low in North with the difference of over 1,000m with ladder-like decline
 
                - Climate : typical continental climate.
 
             
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            | District and Organization | 
            
            
                - Administrative Divisions: 5 prefecture-level cities, 11 counties, 2 country-level cities, 9 districts (end of 2018)
 
                - Location of the provincial government: Yinchuan
 
                - Organiation: Governor(1), Vice-governor(6)
 
             
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            | Sisterhood & Friendship Provinces / Cities | 
            
            
                - Japan: Shimane Prefecture(Oct 1993), Matsue(Sept 2004), Hamada(Nov 1994)
 
                - Korea: Gyeongbuk-do Province(Oct 2021); Gyeongsan-si(Dec 2007)
 
                - Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar(Sept 2003), Bayankhongor Province(July 2012), Uvurkhangai Province(Sept 2013)
 
                - Others: Borgou, Benin (Jan 1987); Latina, Italy(March 2002); Pest Megye, Hungary(June 2004); Sogn og Fgordane, Norway(March 2005); Harghita, Romania(Nov 2005); Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco(Jan 2006); Punjab, Pakistan(Sept 2006); Faiyum Governorate, Egypt(Nov 2008); Hunedoara, Romania(Sept 2010); Coahuila, Mexico(April 2010); Damascus, Syria(Sept 2010); Oromiya, Ethiopia(Sept 2011); Yap, Micronesia(Sept 2011); Volta Region, Ghana(Dec 2011); Peloponissos, Greece(May 2012); Qazvin, Iran(June 2012); Arusha, Tanzania(May 2012); Delaware, US(Sept 2012); Gezira, Sudan(July 2013); Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia (July 2013); Los Ríos, Ecuador(Sept 2013); Gagauziya, Moldova(Nov 2013); Western Province, Sri Lanka (Jan 2014); Vava’u, Tonga(Aug 2014); Nabeul Governorate, Tunisia (Dec 2014); Chuy Oblast, Kirghizstan(Dec 2014); East Kazakhstan Region(May 2016), Kyzylorda(Sept 2016), Kazakhstan; Palawan, Philippines(July 2016);), Nakuru, kenya(July 2017); Marburg, New Zealand(Sept 2017); West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia(Sept 2017)
 
             
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