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huhehaote city introduction |
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| ·area：17194 square kilometre
·longitude：111° 41' 东 ·latitude：40° 49' 北 ·altitude：1065 m ·population：209 0000 ·postcode：010020 ·areacode：0471 |
Carrying the meaning of "the Green City" in the Mongolian language, Huhhot is the capital and the administrative, economic and cultural center lf Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Huhhot has under its administration 4 districts,4 counties,1 banner and 1 national level Economic and Technological Development Zone. It has a total land area of 17224 km2 including an urban one of 2054 km2 and a population of 2.58 million including an urban one of 1.5 million. It is an area inhabited by the 36 ethnic groups including the Mongolians as the main body, the Han as the majority, the Hui, Manchu, Korean, Daur, and Oroqen ethnic groups. Huhhot is one of the famous historical and cultural cities of China and one of the origins of the Chinese civilization. Here, we have written records of over 2000 years ago, the relics of "Dayao Culture" indicating human activities of 500000 years ago, the Ancient City of Yunzhong of the period of Warring States, Zhaojun's Mausoleum evidencing the marriage between the princess of the Western Dynasty and the chief of the Xiongnu, Huayan Scripture Tower of the Liao Dynasty, and the Dazhao Temple, Xilituzhao Temple and 5-pagoda Temple of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and other famous historical sites. All this is a true record of the long history of Huhhot. Enjoying a superior geographical location and the best of communication facilities, Huhhot serves as an important passage and a hub city linking Beijing, the capital of china, with the northwest of our motherland. We have a crisscrossing network of highways with a railway traversing the urban area. At Huhhot Airport, we have over 40air routes to the various major domestic cities and 2 direct ones leading to Mongolia and Russia. Huhhot has over 40 kinds of minerals with rich deposits including coal, oil copper iron, zinc and gold in its urban and adjacent areas. We are proud of our fertile land and rich produce, which offers a unique advantage for the development of farming and animal husbandry. The city is rich in wheat, maize, naked oat, buckwheat, potato, sugar beet and flax. Our dairy industry is particularly outstanding in development and we rank the top in China in terms of the total quantity of milk, milk products, and the quantity of fresh milk available to each urban resident. As a result, the city is renowned as the Home Town of Milk of China by China Dairy Association and our milk products are distributed in all the major domestic markets. Meanwhile, we have cultivation bases of such quality medical herbs as wolfberry, Astragalus mongholicus, dangshen and licorice. As an important industrial city in Inner Mongolia, Huhhot sticks to the path of new type of industrialization in the development of its industrial economy. At present, we have brought into being the 5 major groups of industries-dairy, electric power, electronic information biological and drug preparation, and metallurgical and chemical industries. A large number of mainstay enterprises such as YiLi,Mengniu, Datang Pharmacy, Tuoketuo Power Plant and Huameng Jinhe Group have seen fast expansion. The varied industrial estates are in vigorous development. All that has greatly promoted the local economy in Huhhot. The urban construction of Huhhot changes for the better day by day, thus greatly improving the city's bearing capacity and sustainable development. Regarding the construction of a modernized capital city as the general goal, we have realized a readjustment of administrative districts, transformation of the old urban area, and expansion of the new urban area, and putting in great efforts in ecological improvement and environmental protection. We are working to make the city more beautiful day by day with remarkable impact and the living environment has seen further improvement. Today, Huhhot has become a civilized city full of vitality and modernization drive. The constant progress in the city's construction has given direct impetus to the fast development of the tertiary industry. Such traditional service sectors as trading, restaurant business, and communication and transport have seen further expansion. Such new service sectors as finance, information consulting, real estate development and tourism have seen fast development. Meanwhile, we have achieved overall progress in the social undertakings of science and technology, education, culture, public health and sports. Hohhot (Chinese: 呼和浩特; pinyin: Hūhéhàotè; Mongolian: Хөх хот), occasionally spelled Huhehot or Huhhot, is the capital city of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. The name "Hohhot" (Хөх хот) is Mongolian for "blue city". The city dates back to the Ming Dynasty, and was chosen as Inner Mongolia's capital in 1947 over Baotou and replacing Zhangjiakou. Commonly referred to as "Hu-shi", Hohhot is one of the major tourist destinations of Inner Mongolia. History Hohhot was founded by Altan Khan around 1580. Until 1954, Hohhot was referred to by the Chinese as Guisui (歸綏 Guīsuī), or Kweisui, which is the acronym of the two districts of the city: Guihua (歸化): Southeastern old section, business district, established as a town in the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty Suiyuan (綏遠): Northeastern "New Town", government district. Established in the 17th century by the Manchus. The two sections later became Guihua District (歸化縣) of the Qing Empire, renamed to Guisui County (歸綏縣) in 1913, and upgraded to a city in 1950. It was the capital of the defunct Suiyuan Province. Geography and Climate Located in the southern central part of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot is encircled by the Daqing (Great Blue) Mountains to the north and the Hetao Plateau to the south. A popular destination for tourists during the summer months, Hohhot is often used as a place to escape the heat. Subdivisions Hohhot includes 4 counties, 4 districts, and a county-level banner; 20 sub-districts, and 96 townships. Districts include: Xincheng District Huimin District Yuquan District Saihan District Counties include: Tokto County (托县) Tolmud Left Banner (土默特左旗) Wuchuan County (武川县) Holingol County (和林格尔县) Qingshuihe County (清水河县) Demographics 11% Mongol, rest is mostly Han, with Korean, Hui, Manchu and other minorities. A significant amount of the city's population belongs to mixed ethnic origins, although many Mongolians, fluent in Mandarin, has kept their ancestral language alive. Transportation By railway, Hohhot lies on the Jingbao Railway from Beijing to Baotou. Direct service to Beijing is through Train K90, which leaves daily in the evening and arrives in the morning, being the fastest and most comfortable option. Various other slower trains stop at Hohhot destined for Beijing and southern areas, as well as Ulanhot, Xilinhot and Hailar. Hohhot Baita International Airport (IATA:HET) is about an hour from city centre and only half an hour drive from the Second Ring Road. It serves the city and surrounding areas, and has direct flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Wuhan, Hong Kong, with its international destination being Ulan Bator, Mongolia. By bus service, Hohhot is connected to more remote areas in Inner Mongolia, and there is hourly service to Baotou via the Hubao Expressway. The Hohhot Railway Station Education Universities located in Hohhot include: Inner Mongolia University Inner Mongolia University of Agriculture Normal University of Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia University of Technology Inner Mongolia College of Medicine Inner Mongolia College of Finance and Economics Hohhot College of Education Hohhot College of Police Artifacts There are over 50 sets of murals in southeastern Hohhot, including a "Horse-tending Image" (牧馬圖). Over 50 pre-modern Buddhist temples and towers. Points of interest Temple of the Five Pagodas in HohhotTomb of Wang Zhaojun: it is located to about nine kilometers to the south of the center of Hohhot. It is said to be the resting place of Wang Zhaojun, a commoner woman from the Chinese Han Empire who married a Xiongnu Chanyu. . Temple of the Five Pagodas: of architecture very similar to that of Indian temples, the temple was constructed in 1732. In its walls there are more than 1,500 figures of Buddha. Da Zhao Temple: Buddhist monastery constructed in 1579 and is oldest of the city. |
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