Zhongwei Travel Guide

With a total population of 1,140,000 (2003), Zhongwei city is located in the center of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on the banks of the Yellow River. Zhongwei has a long and interesting history.More than30,000 years ago Zhongwei was the home of some of Northwest China's first residents, and in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 B.C. – 476 B.C.) it was an important citadel for troops, hence the name Zhongwei which literally translated as "the middle fortress". Zhongwei's location in the middle of three major north-western provinces made it an important and strategic trading center. Nationality and Religion in Zhongwei Zhongwei is a culturally diverse city home to Mongol,