Hohhot
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| City of Hohhot | |
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 Hohhot (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange) and China | |
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| Coordinates: 40°49′N 111°39′E / 40.817°N 111.650°ECoordinates: 40°49′N 111°39′E / 40.817°N 111.650°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Inner Mongolia |
| County-level divisions | 10 |
| Township divisions | 116 |
| Established | 1580 |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 17,224 km2 (6,650 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,158 km2 (833 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,158 km2 (833 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,065 m (3,494 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census)[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 2,866,615 |
| • Density | 166.431/km2 (431.055/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,980,774 |
| • Urban density | 917.87/km2 (2,377.3/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,980,774 |
| • Metro density | 917.87/km2 (2,377.3/sq mi) |
| • Major nationalities | Han - 87.16% Mongolian - 9.98% |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 010000 |
| License plate prefixes | 蒙A |
| GDP (2008) | 131.6 billion yuan |
| - per capita | 51,016 yuan |
| Local Dialect | Jin: Hohhot dialect |
| Administrative division code | 150100 |
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-15-01 |
| Website | http://www.huhhot.gov.cn/en/index.asp |
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| Chinese | 呼和浩特 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | blue city or calling for peace, abundant, & unique | ||||||||||
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Hohhot, also Huhehot or Huhhot, is the capital of Inner Mongolia. It is the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre.
Hohhot Media
Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda (Baita Pagoda) in Hohhot, 1942
People's Republic 10th Anniversary Parade in Hohhot
Map including Hohhot (labeled as KUEI-SUI) (AMS, 1963)
Huhhot and vicinities, LandSat-5 satellite image, 2005-07-12
A sign in Mongolian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Manchurian at the Dazhao temple in Hohhot.
The sculpture of "Milk Capital" symbol
Early morning at a Mosque, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Footnotes
- ↑ 呼和浩特市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据内蒙古新闻网. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
Other websites
Media related to Hohhot at Wikimedia Commons- Hohhot government website Archived 2005-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
