Why is Wuzhong in Ningxia called Wuzhong?

The place name of Wuzhong was obtained in the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (about AD 1368). At that time, Lingzhou built a fort to defend thousands of households and named it Wuzhong Fort after the village head Wuzhong. As early as Dayu period, it was developed here. Dayu dug Qingtongxia to guard the Yellow River and built a canal to grow rice on the Yinchuan Plain where the Yellow River was alluvial. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wudi was a nomadic area. After the Qin Dynasty, administrative institutions were established in all dynasties. The Qin Dynasty set up Fuping County in Jinji Town, south of the city. In the fourth year of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty (19 1 BC), Lingzhou was established in Hebao, northwest of Lingwu County. Le Hui County, Lingzhou from Northern Zhou Dynasty to Sui and Tang Dynasties. 1 1 century belongs to Xixia kingdom. Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are mental states. In the Yuan Dynasty, they began to move to Hui Ke. In the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Hui people were placed in Lingzhou as "Tunrong" people. In the Qing Dynasty, Wuzhong has developed into one of the famous castles in the south of Lingzhou and a Hui community. Lingwu county was established in the second year of the Republic of China, and Wuzhong was under the jurisdiction of Lingwu county. After the founding of New China, Wuzhong was established in February 1950. /kloc-0 was changed to Wuzhong county in June, 1963, and Wuzhong was restored in June,1983+0/kloc-0.

Wuzhong is located in the middle of Yinchuan Plain in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, bordering the Yellow River and Qingtongxia City in the west, Lingwu County in the north and east, and Zhongning County in the south. It is the city with the most concentrated Hui population in the autonomous region and the most famous hometown in northwest China.

The city is 70 kilometers long from north to south and 24 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of112 square kilometers and a population of 274,000. The territory is dominated by plains, hills and mountains, and the terrain is high in the south and low in the north, with an altitude of 1 125.8 meters. The area is rich in water resources. The Yellow River enters from Qinqu Township and leaves from Chenyuantan Township, with a total length of 22 kilometers. It flows through the urban area and has unique agricultural production conditions. The northern part is the Yellow River alluvial plain, which belongs to Hetao area and is one of the main production bases of commodity grain in Ningxia. The southern part is hilly and mountainous, which is one of the famous Tan sheep producing areas in Ningxia at home and abroad. Wuzhong has always been a traditional distribution center for the exchange of Ningxia specialties with industrial products in Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin and other places, and is one of the famous business districts in the northwest. Wuzhong market is the largest market in Ningxia, with a total construction area of 220,000 square meters.

Wuzhong belongs to temperate semi-arid climate, with cool Leng Xia in winter, dry and little rain, and the average annual precipitation is 207mm. However, due to the long history of irrigation and reclamation from the Yellow River and fertile land, Wuzhong is rich in agricultural products such as wheat, rice, corn and beans, and is one of the important commodity grain bases in Ningxia. Also rich in apples, watermelons, grapes and other fruits. It is the hometown of Tan sheep, one of the five famous treasures in Ningxia at home and abroad.