YINCHUAN

or Yinchwanboth: yĭnˈchwänˈ, city (1994 est. pop. 412,900), capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, on the Huang He (Yellow River). It is a shipping point for the products of the fertile Ningxia plain. Textiles, chemicals, rubber, and machinery are manufactured. Marco Polo visited Yinchuan in the 13th cent. Ningxia Univ. is in the city.

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books on: Yinchuan  - 87 results

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China's Far West: Four Decades of Change
Book by A. Doak Barnett; Westview Press, 1993
Subjects: China, Northwest--Economic Conditions, China, Southwest--Economic Conditions, China--Description And Travel, China--Politics And Government--1949-
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China Urban Statistics
Book by China; Longman Group Ltd., 1985
Subjects: Cities And Towns--China--Statistics--Periodicals, Economic Indicators--China--Periodicals, Social Indicators--China--Periodicals
...741.3 657.5 406.3 264.5 Yinchuan 760.1 433.6 351.9 313.9 181...17.7 3.7 3.3 13.5 14.3 Yinchuan 15.5 14.7 3.5 2.8 12.0 11...649 150 228 2.29 3378 Yinchuan 4467 1457 34 195 170 298...
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Islamic Mysticism Contested: Thirteen Centuries of Controversies and Polemics
Book by Frederick De Jong, Bernd Radtke; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Islam--Controversial Literature, Sufism--Controversial Literature, Sufism--History
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Institutions in Transition: Land Ownership, Property Rights, and Social Conflict in China
Book by Peter Ho; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: China--Economic Policy, Land Tenure--China, Land Use, Rural--Government Policy--China, Right Of Property--China
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China Statistical Yearbook 1989
Book by State Statistical Bureau; Praeger Publishers, 1990
Subjects: China--Statistics--Periodicals
...Xining -5.7 -4.5 0.0 8.1 12.6 16.1 17.9 16.9 Yinchuan -7.4 -4.7 0.7 10.7 17.1 21.6 23.5 21.1...2.5 9.8 Xining 12.4 6.4 1.3 -3.2 6.5 Yinchuan 16.5 9.4 1.7 -4.7 8.8 Urumqi 18.1 7.2...
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journal articles on: Yinchuan  - 7 results

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Review Article: Silt and the Future Development of China's Yellow River
Journal article by Mei Chengrui, Harold E. Dregne; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 167, 2001
Subjects: River engineering--Environmental aspects, Silt--Environmental aspects, Yellow River--Environmental aspects
...minimum of about 200 mm of rainfall in the Yinchuan area and a maximum around 700 mm in Xian...irrigated soils are especially serious in the Yinchuan Plain of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region...the big bend is salt-affected. In the Yinchuan Plain, 43 per cent is saline and approximately...
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Potpourri
Journal article by Steve Tackitt; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 58, 1996
Subjects: Asian peoples--Behavior, Asians--Behavior, Quality of life--Health aspects, Southeast Asia--Description and travel
...East where I visited the countries of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. I had the opportunity to see the cities of Beijing and Yinchuan in China; Taipei and Kaohsuing in Taiwan; and of course Hong Kong. Throughout my travels, I made several observations that...
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Government Behavior and Trust: The Case of China
Journal article by Peihong Yang; The Cato Journal, Vol. 27, 2007
Subjects: National government--Behavior, National government--Public opinion, National government--Research, Social organizations--Public opinion, Social organizations--Services, Trust (Psychology)--Evaluation
...62.55 9.18 38.13 82.50 <br/ Yinchuan 61.12 9.76 35.00 89.38...68.97 8.80 49.58 90.90 <br/ Yinchuan 71.23 7.66 48.75 91.88...
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Needs and Preferences regarding Sex Education among Chinese College Students: A Preliminary Study
Journal article by Ying Li, Randall R. Cottrell, Donald I. Wagner, Maosheng Ban; International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 30, 2004
Subjects: Chinese students--Sexual behavior, Chinese students--Surveys, College students--Sexual behavior, College students--Surveys, Sex education--Surveys
...students, Chinese Journal of School Health, 2000, 21(2):112-113 (in Chinese). 21. Liu D, The Sex Culture of Ancient China, Yinchuan, China: Ningxia Peoples Press, 1993 (in Chinese). 22. Liu D, 1992, op. cit. (see reference 5); and Zhou L and Ye S, The psychological...
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Studies on Women's Sexuality in China since 1980: A Critical Review
Journal article by Pei Yuxin, Sik-Ying Ho Petula, Ng Man Lun; The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 44, 2007
Subjects: China--Social aspects, Chinese (Asian people)--Portrayals, Chinese (Asian people)--Sexual behavior, Chinese (Asian people)--Social aspects, Chinese--Portrayals, Chinese--Sexual behavior, Chinese--Social aspects, Gender studies--Analysis, Sex (Psychology)--Analysis, Sexuality--Analysis, Women--Portrayals, Women--Sexual behavior, Women--Social aspects
...writing). Zhejiang Journal (4), 107-111. Liu, D. L. (1993). Zhongguo gu dai xing wen hua (The sex culture of ancient China). Yinchuan: Ningxia ren min chu ban she. Liu, D. L. (2000). Zhongguo wuqiannian xingwenwu daguan (A grand tour through 5000 years of sexual...
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newspaper articles on: Yinchuan  - 11 results

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The Minaret of a Mosque [...]
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 23, 2009
Subjects: Mosques
The Minaret of a Mosque .... The minaret of a mosque is silhouetted against the solar eclipse in Yinchuan, capital of northwest Chinas Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, at 8:43 am yesterday. Scientists, students and nature enthusiasts gathered...
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Yellow River in Death Throes?
Newspaper article by Erling Hoh; The Washington Times, August 31, 2001
Subjects: China, Yellow River
...reaching the Yellow Sea for the first time in history. In 1997, the rivers lower reaches lay dry for more than 200 days. In Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia province, on the western leg of the wide loop the Yellow River makes up through Inner Mongolia, a Yellow...
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Transpo News
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 16, 2007
Subjects: Airlines, China Airlines Company Ltd.
...traditional tourist hot spots like Beijing, Shanghai and the southern resort island of Hainan popular, but secondary cities such as Yinchuan in the poor western region of Ningxia also saw large increases, it said. China, hungrily eyed as a potentially vast market...
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Transpo News
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 12, 2007
Subjects: Airlines, China Airlines Company Ltd.
...traditional tourist hot spots like Beijing, Shanghai and the southern resort island of Hainan popular, but secondary cities such as Yinchuan in the poor western region of Ningxia also saw large increases, it said. China, hungrily eyed as a potentially vast market...
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Transpo News
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 14, 2007
Subjects: Airlines, China Airlines Company Ltd.
...traditional tourist hot spots like Beijing, Shanghai and the southern resort island of Hainan popular, but secondary cities such as Yinchuan in the poor western region of Ningxia also saw large increases, it said. China, hungrily eyed as a potentially vast market...
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encyclopedia articles on: Yinchuan  - 2 results

 
 
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Yinchuan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
YINCHUAN or Yinchwan both: yin chwan , city (1994 est. pop. 412,900), capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, on the...products of the fertile Ningxia plain. Textiles, chemicals, rubber, and machinery are manufactured. Marco Polo visited Yinchuan in the 13th cent. Ningxia Univ. is in the city. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...REGION ning shya hwe, autonomous region (1994 est. pop. 5,030,000), c.25,600 sq mi (66,321 sq km), N China. The capital is Yinchuan . Ningxia is part of the Inner Mongolian plateau, and desert and grazing land make up most of the area. Extensive land reclamation...


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