Haiyuan County


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, and a population of approximately 360,000 people. It was the site of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, which killed at least 200,000 people.

Characteristics

Haiyuan County has many residents of the Hui ethnicity. They make up over 70 percent of the total population. Although agricultural development is important in the county, the arid climate, high alkaline content of the soil, and the course planting kernels make it difficult to retain moisture and fertility. Due to these characteristics, farmers in the county have begun to develop organic fennel in recent years. The county government is located in the town of Haicheng, and the county's postal code is 751800.