Xixia District, belonging to Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is located in the western part of Yinchuan City, between longitude 105°49′~106°18′ east and latitude 38°08′~38°52′ north. It is adjacent to Jinfeng District of Yinchuan City on the border of Baolan Railway in the east, bordering with Alxa Left Banner of Inner Mongolia on the axis of Helan Mountain Pass in the west, connecting Hongguang Town of Helan County in the north and Minning Town of Yongning County in the south, with a total area of 1,129.3 square kilometers, of which, 93,000 acres of arable land are under cultivation. As of the end of 2021, Xixia District has 2 towns and 7 streets under its jurisdiction. The district government is located at Huaiyuan East Road. According to the seventh census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Xixia District was 449,559 people.
Xixia District has a mesothermal arid climate, with the Helan Mountains in its territory. There are Baolan Railway, Taizhongyin Railway, Yinxi High-speed Railway and Baoyin High-speed Railway passing through Yinchuan Station. Rich in tourism resources, there are Zhenbei Castle Western Film City, the Mausoleum of the Western Xia Kings, Helan Mountain rock paintings and other attractions, is the core area of tourism in the western line of Ningxia, the first batch of national regional tourism demonstration area founding units, and has been awarded the honorary title of "the township of Helan ink stone in China", "2019 China's most beautiful county" and other honorary titles. " and other honorary titles.
In 2020, Xixia District realized a gross regional product of 32.494 billion yuan, an increase of 1.9% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry is 706 million yuan, an increase of 0.2%; the added value of the secondary industry is 19.445 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1%; the added value of the tertiary industry is 12.343 billion yuan, an increase of 3.4%. The structural ratio of the three industries was 2.2:59.8:38.0. The value added of industry above large scale increased by 2.5%; fixed asset investment increased by 4.5%; total retail sales of consumer goods decreased by 5.1%; local general public budget income decreased by 4.9%; disposable income per capita of urban and rural residents increased by 4.2% and 6% respectively.
