What is the relationship between Ningxia and Lanzhou?

Because of the geographical relationship, it is particularly close. Gansu and Ningxia were originally a province, and Ningxia is located in the northeast of Lanzhou.

Ningxia, full name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, referred to as Ning, is one of the five major minority autonomous regions in China. It is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in the west of China, bordering Shaanxi Province in the east, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the west and north, and Gansu Province in the southwest, south and southeast. The distance from north to south is about 456 kilometers, and the distance from east to west is about 250 kilometers, with a total area of more than 66,400 square kilometers. Yinchuan, the capital of the autonomous region.

The earliest administrative system in Lanzhou was Yuzhong County (subordinate to Longxi County), and its establishment was directly related to Qin Shihuang. During the Warring States Period, in order to eliminate the threat of Xiongnu, Qin Shihuang asked Meng Tian to lead 300,000 elite soldiers to attack Xiongnu in the north and occupied "Henan land". In order to consolidate the Henan land seized from Huns, Qin Shihuang set up a large number of defense facilities and administrative institutions along the Yellow River.

In 2 14 BC, Meng Tian established Yuzhong County (donggang town area in Chengguan District) here. Experts speculate that at that time, about 10 thousand people settled in Yuzhong, which was the first batch of formal immigrants in Lanzhou history.