Mosques in Yinchuan
Mosques in Yinchuan lists the most famous mosques for Yinchuan Halal Travel. Plan your Yinchuan Muslim Tour and enjoy a greatly enhanced Halal tours and holidays experience.Check our Yinchuan Muslim Travel Guide, visit the Islamic Attractions and places in Yinchuan when you take Yinchuan Muslim Trip.
Yinchuan is a center for the Muslim Hui people, who constitute a third of the population. Their influence is evident in everything from the city architecture, Arabic-Chinese road signs, and cuisine. About 500 mosques with different form and size can be seen in Yinchuan City.
Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and historically it was the former capital of the Western Xia Empire of the Tanguts. It has an area of 8,874.61 km2 (3,426.51 sq mi) and a total population of 1.99 million. Its built-up area is home to 1,290,170 inhabitants spread between three urban districts.[6] The name of the city literally means “silver river”.
Facing the Yellow River in the east, Yinchuan enjoys beautiful natural scenery and favorable conditions for agriculture and has long earned the fame of a “River Side City in the Northwest” and “Home to Fishes and Rice”. Yinchuan is now the permanent site for China-Arab Expo which is an international platform for cultural and economic exchanges between China and Arab countries.