Ningxia

Ningxia

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.

[15]

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