Hohhot

Hohhot
Chinese name
Chinese	呼和浩特
Literal meaning	blue city or calling for peace, abundant, & unique
Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin	Hūhéhàotè
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	fu1wo4hou6dak6
Mongolian name
Mongolian

Prefecture-level city
	City of Hohhot
	Hohhot (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange) and China
	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
Government
• CPC Committee Secretary	Han Zhiran
• Mayor	Tang Aijun
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)
• 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

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

↑ "呼和浩特市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据" [Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China]. 内蒙古新闻网. Retrieved 30 August 2012.