Ningxia

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Ningxia   宁夏                                
    POPULATION           CHRISTIANS           Total  
                Evangelicals   Catholics       Christians  
    Census Census     Estimate       TOTAL     TOTAL     % of 2020
Location   2000 2010 Growth   2020   TSPM House church Evangelicals CPA House church Catholics   TOTAL Population
       
Guyuan Prefecture 固原市                              
Jingyuan County 泾源县 81,310 101,026 19,716 24.25% 120,742   845 1,268 2,113 211 423 634 2,747 2.28%
Longde County 隆德县 197,160 160,754 -36,406 -18.47% 124,348   870 1,306 2,176 218 435 653 2,829 2.28%
Pengyang County 彭阳县 230,981 200,201 -30,780 -13.33% 169,421   1,186 1,779 2,965 296 593 889 3,854 2.28%
Xiji County 西吉县 403,209 354,321 -48,888 -12.12% 305,433   2,138 3,207 5,345 535 1,069 1,604 6,949 2.28%
Yuanzhou District 原州区 470,741 411,854 -58,887 -12.51% 352,967   2,471 3,706 6,177 618 1,235 1,853 8,030 2.28%
    1,383,401 1,228,156 -155,245 -11.22% 1,072,911   7,510 [1] 11,266 18,776 1,878 3,755 5,633   24,409 2.28%
       
Shizuishan Prefecture 石嘴山市                              
Dawukou District 大武口区 255,627 286,669 31,042 12.14% 317,711   3,940 [2] 5,909 9,849 985 1,970 2,955 12,804 4.03%
Huinong District 惠农区 149,877 185,803 35,926 23.97% 221,729   2,749 4,124 6,874 687 1,375 2,062 8,936 4.03%
Pingluo County 平罗县 257,445 253,010 -4,435 -1.72% 248,575   3,281 [3] 4,922 8,203 820 1,641 2,461 10,664 4.29%
    675,378 725,482 62,533 9.26% 788,015   9,970 14,955 24,926 2,493 4,985 7,478   32,403 4.11%
       
Wuzhong Prefecture 吴忠市                              
Hongsipu District 红寺堡区 51,875 165,016 113,141 218.10% 278,157   3,060 4,590 7,649 1,071 [4] 2,142 3,213 10,862 3.91%
Litong District 利通区 303,567 379,346 75,779 24.96% 455,125   5,006 7,510 12,516 1,252 2,503 3,755 16,271 3.58%
Qingtongxia City 青铜峡市 248,640 264,717 16,077 6.47% 280,794   4,212 [5] 6,318 10,530 1,053 2,106 3,159 13,689 4.88%
Tongxin County 同心县 328,741 318,153 -10,588 -3.22% 307,565   3,383 5,075 8,458 846 1,692 2,537 10,995 3.58%
Yanchi County 盐池县 153,584 146,560 -7,024 -4.57% 139,536   1,535 2,302 3,837 384 767 1,151 4,988 3.58%
    1,086,407 1,273,792 187,385 17.25% 1,461,177   17,196 [6] 25,794 42,990 4,605 9,210 13,815   56,805 3.89%
       
Yinchuan Prefecture 银川市                              
Helan County 贺兰县 178,458 222,981 44,523 24.95% 267,504   3,076 4,614 7,691 769 [7] 1,538 2,307 9,998 3.74%
Jinfeng District 金凤区 282,554 282,554 0 0.00% 282,554   3,249 4,874 8,123 812 1,625 2,437 10,560 3.74%
Lingwu City 灵武市 249,890 261,677 11,787 4.72% 273,464   3,145 4,717 7,862 786 1,572 2,359 10,221 3.74%
Xingqing District 兴庆区 678,306 678,306 0 0.00% 678,306   7,801 11,701 19,501 1,950 3,900 5,850 25,352 3.74%
Xixia District 西夏区 329,310 329,310 0 0.00% 329,310   3,787 5,681 9,468 947 1,894 2,840 12,308 3.74%
Yongning County 永宁县 191,668 218,260 26,592 13.87% 244,852   2,816 4,224 7,039 704 1,408 2,112 9,151 3.74%
    1,427,503 [8] 1,993,088 82,902 5.81% 2,075,990   23,874 [9] 35,811 59,685 5,968 [10] 11,937 17,905   77,590 3.74%
Zhongwei Prefecture 中卫市                              
Haiyuan County 海原县 343,960 389,305 45,345 13.18% 434,650   6,042 9,062 15,104 1,510 3,021 4,531 19,635 4.52%
Shapotou District 沙坡头区 320,474 378,606 58,132 18.14% 436,738   5,459 8,189 13,648 1,365 2,730 4,094 17,742 4.06%
Zhongning District 中宁县 249,270 312,921 63,651 25.53% 376,572   4,707 7,061 11,768 1,177 2,354 3,530 15,298 4.06%
    913,704 1,080,832 167,128 18.29% 1,247,960   16,208 24,312 40,520 4,052 8,104 12,156   52,676 4.22%
Totals   5,486,393 6,301,350 814,957 14.85% 7,116,307   74,759 [11] 112,138 [12] 186,897 [13] 18,996 37,991 56,987 [14]   243,884 3.43%
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[1]
There were 1,000 TSPM believers in the former Guyuan City: China Insight (September-October 1998).
[2]
2,000: Amity News Service (February 1994). The TSPM church in Dawukou began with just 8 believers in 1982, grew to 110 by 1983, and 900 by 1989. Many of the believers are coal miners.
[3]
1,800: Amity News Service (February 1994).
[4]
1,000: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1997), p.178.
[5]
2,800 believers in 9 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[6]
The former Wuzhong City had 3,400 believers in 11 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[7]
200: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1997), p.178.
[8]
The 2000 census included 807,487 people in Yinchuan City. The city was divided into three districts in the 2010 census.
[9]
The former Yinchuan City had 9,600 believers in 32 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[10]
1,300 Catholics in Yinchuan City: Bridge (no.38, December 1989).
[11]
Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p241, listed a percentage which amounts to 74,600 TSPM believers in Ningxia.
[12]
Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p241, listed a percentage which amounts to 118,200 house church believers in Ningxia.

Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p175, listed a percentage which amounts to 97,380 house church Protestants in Ningxia.
[13]
Evangelicals in Ningxia
  10,000 (1990 - Tianfeng , May 1990)*
  50,000 (1999 - Lambert, China's Christian Millions , p230)*
  12,500 (2001 - Tianfeng , May 2001)*
108,200 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p175)
  65,000 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
192,800 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p241)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.
[14]
Catholics in Ningxia
  27,435 (1940 - www.veritas.org.sg. Possibly includes dioceses in southern Inner Mongolia)
  35,313 (1950 in 44 parishes: Compiled from diocese figures at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
    5,500 (1989 - Bridge , December 1989)*
    5,000 (1993 - UCAN, 13 August 1993)*
    6,000 (1995 - UCA Dispatch, 3 August 1995)*
102,800 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p175)
  56,000 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p241)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. CPA figures typically only count adult baptized members.
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