Helan County, belongs to Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is located in the north-central part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the northern part of Yinchuan City, in the northwestern inland of Loess Plateau and the central part of Yinchuan Plain Qingtongxia Yellow Diversion Irrigation Area, with a mesothermal continental climate, adjacent to 5 districts and counties, with a total area of 1,204.71 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Helan County has 1 street, 4 towns, 1 township, and another 4 township-level units.At the end of 2023, Helan County had a resident population of 350,400 people, and 134,800 permanent households. Helan County, because of its location in the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain and the main peak of Ovoo sprightly site below, so the name of the mountain and get. In the second year of Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (1725), it was set up as Ningxia County; in the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929), it belonged to Ningxia Province; in April of the 30th year of the Republic of China (1941), it was renamed Helan County because of the renaming of the county with Ningxia Province; on October 1, 1949, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was set up as Ningxia Province. 1954, it was set up as Yinchuan Prefecture of Gansu Province; 1958, it was set up as Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; and 1975, it was set up under the jurisdiction of Yinchuan Municipality. In 1975, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of Yinchuan City. The main attractions of Helan County include Helan Mountain Petroglyphs, Suyu Kou, Rolling Bell Kou, Helan Mountain National Forest Park, Ningxia Horticultural Industrial Park, and China Wolfberry Pavilion.In October 2020, Helan County was selected to be on the list of "National Model Cities (Counties) of Shuangcong".In January 2021, Helan County was selected to be on the list of "Eighth National Model Areas for the Progress of National Unity".The county is also a part of Ningxia Province. National Unity and Progress Demonstration Area Unit List".In August 2022, Helan County was selected as "2022 Agricultural Modernization Demonstration Area Creation List".In October 2022, Helan County was selected as "2022 National Rural Revitalization Demonstration County Creation List In October 2022, Helan County was selected for the "2022 National Rural Revitalization Demonstration County List". In 2021, Helan County will realize a gross domestic product (GDP) of 15.850 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0% year-on-year; the ratio of added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries will be 14.8:28.4:56.7; the general public budget revenue will be 1.323 billion yuan, an increase of 5.01% year-on-year; the total retail sales of consumer goods will be 14.32 billion yuan, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year; the rural and urban permanent resident Disposable income per capita of rural and urban residents reached 18,909.7 yuan and 37,473.5 yuan, up 9.6% and 6.5% respectively.