detached province. Between 1914 and 1928, the Kuomintang General Ma Hongkui ruled the region and was the military Governor with absolute authority in the province. РAfter 1949, the provincial designation was revoked. Part of the area was merged with the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and the other part with the province of Gansu. РIn 1958, Ningxia formally became an autonomous region of China.РKuomintang General ?Ma HongkuiРYin ChuanРIt was the capital of the Western Xia Dynasty and is now the capital of Ningxia.РYinchuan lies in the middle of the Yinchuan or Ningxia Plain. It is sheltered from the deserts of Mongolia by the high ranges of the Helan range to its west. РThe Yellow River runs through the area from southwest to northeast. The average elevation of Yinchuan is 1,100 meters.
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