page_title: Haiyuan County
hierarchical_section_title: Haiyuan County
caption_attribution_description: Location of Zhongwei Prefecture (yellow) within Ningxia Autonomous Region of China Map drawn in november 2007 using various sources, mainly&#160;: Ningxia Autonomous Region administrative regions GIS data: 1:1M, County level, 1990 Ningxia Counties map from www.hua2.com This map includes Zhongwei jurisdiction not shown on sources, and the related changes in Guyuan and Wuzhong jurisdictions borders.
context_page_description: Haiyuan County is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhongwei in the southwest of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It originally belonged to Gansu province, and is now bordered by Gansu to the west. The county has a total area of 6,897 km², and a population of approximately 360,000 people. It was the site of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, which killed at least 200,000 people.
context_section_description: Haiyuan County (simplified Chinese: 海原县; traditional Chinese: 海原縣; pinyin: Hǎiyuán Xiàn; Wade–Giles: Hai-yüan Hsien) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhongwei in the southwest of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It originally belonged to Gansu province, and is now bordered by Gansu to the west. The county has a total area of 6,897 km² (2,663 sq mi), and a population of approximately 360,000 people. It was the site of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, which killed at least 200,000 people.
caption: Zhongwei in Ningxia
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