宁夏回族自治区

1. • Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 银川市 yínchuānshì (short name 宁 níng)

Character by character

• 宁(níng)surname Ning
• 夏(xià)the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
• 回(huí)Hui ethnic group
• 族(zú)race
• 自(zì)self
• 治(zhì)rule
• 区(qū)area