Abstract: To explore the coordination of the development level of urbanization and the human settlement in Ningxia under the background of new- type urbanization, with the model of coordination assessment and，coupling degree, we measured the coordination index and the coupling degree of the new-type urbanization and the human settlement in 5 prefecture cities in Ningxia from 2005-2015, and analyzed the features of space- time evolution of the coupling coordination for the 5 cities. The results showed that: (1) from the tendency of the overall development, except Guyuan and Zhongwei, all the research areas had an increase tendency of the coordination index and coupling degree of the new-type urbanization and the human settlement through 2005-2015; (2) from the time sequence, the coordination of the new-type urbanization and the human settlement of most research areas were high, except Guyuan and Zhongwei; (3) from the pattern of space, the difference of the coupling coordination at the research areas was not large, all the cities had higher coupling degree. Through the analysis, we put forward suggestions on the construction of new-type urbanization and the development of human settlement, including optimizing the city space patterns to strengthen the comprehensive capacity of cities; enhancing the reform of household registry system to promote the citizenization of farmers; improving the environment awareness of the citizens, and selecting reasonable speed and scale for city development.