Hongsibu, Wuzhong

Hongsibu is located south of the regional capital Yinchuan. It covers an area of in a basin bounded by Mount Niushou (, ) in the north, Mount Yantong (, ) in the west and Mount Luo (, ) in the east; the last has been designated a National Nature Reserve. The terrain is higher in the south than the north and the elevation generally ranges between 1240 and 1450 m above sea level. ==History==

Hongsibu first appears as a place name during the Ming dynasty. water was diverted from the Yellow River to create and irrigate of new agricultural land. ==Administration==

Hongsibu District is divided into 1 subdistrict, 2 towns and 3 townships: Xinmin Subdistrict (), Hongsibu Town (), Taiyangshan Town (), Xinzhuangji Township (), Dahe Township () and Liuquan Township (), the last of which was created in 2014 from the western part of Xinzhuangji. ==Demographics==

At the end of 2020 the population of Hongsibu District was 197,604, of which 40.1% lived in urban areas. It was 51,875 in the 2000 census. ==Economy==

Hongsibu District's gross domestic product was estimated at 1.56 billion in 2015. ==Infrastructure==

The Dingbian–Wuwei, Fuzhou–Yinchuan, and Gunquan-Hongsibu (formerly S19, now signed as G6) expressways run through the northern part of the district, as does the Taiyuan–Zhongwei–Yinchuan Railway. The Hongsibu Solar Park is located in the district. ==References==