Guyuan (disambiguation)

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Guyuan (固原市) is a prefecture-level city in Ningxia, China.

Guyuan Prefecture-level city in Ningxia, Peoples Republic of China

Guyuan , formerly known as Xihaigu, is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu province to the east, south, and due west. This is also the site of Mount Sumeru Grottoes (须弥山), which is among the ten most famous grottoes in China. The area was declared by the United Nations to be, "one of China's most impoverished regions and one of the world's least habitable areas for human beings."

Guyuan may also refer to:

Yuanzhou District, Guyuan District in Ningxia, Peoples Republic of China

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 3,914 square kilometers (1,511 sq mi) and a population of 510,000 people.

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Jingyuan County is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Guyuan in the south of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, bordering Gansu province to the east, south, and southwest. The southernmost county-level division of Ningxia, it has a total area of 961 km2 (371 sq mi), and a population of approximately 120,000 people.

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