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Hohhot (Chinese: 呼和浩特; Hanyu Pinyin: Hūhéhà otè, Хөх хот), occasionally spelled Huhehot or Huhhot, is the capital city of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
Population: 683,200 (1994)
Area: __ km²
Abbreviation: Hu City (呼市 Hu-shi)
GDP per capita: ¥11789 (ca. US$1420) in 2003, ranked no. 201 among 659 Chinese cities.
The name "Hohhot" (Хөх хот) is Mongolian for "blue city".
Another name for "Hohhot" is Hu-ho-hao-t'e.
Hohhot was founded by Altan Khan around 1580. Until 1954, Hohhot was referred to by the Chinese as Guisui (æ¸ç¶? GuÄ«suÄ«), or Kweisui, which is the acronym of the two districts of the city:
Guihua (æ¸åŒ–): Southeastern old section, business district, established as a town in the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty
Suiyuan (ç¶?é? ): Northeastern "New Town", government district. Established in the 17th century by the Manchus.
The two sections later became Guihua District (æ¸åŒ–縣) of the Qing Empire, renamed to Guisui County (æ¸ç¶?縣) in 1913, and upgraded to a city in 1950.
It was the capital of the defunct Suiyuan Province.
Located in the southern central part of Inner Mongolia.
Hohhot includes 9 counties and county-level banners, 2 sub-districts, and 96 townships.
11% Mongols, rest is mostly Han, with Korean, Hui, and other minorities.
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.
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.
Tomb 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.
Dazhao: Buddhist monastery constructed in 1579 and is oldest of the city.
Population: 683,200 (1994)
Area: __ km²
Abbreviation: Hu City (呼市 Hu-shi)
GDP per capita: ¥11789 (ca. US$1420) in 2003, ranked no. 201 among 659 Chinese cities.
The name "Hohhot" (Хөх хот) is Mongolian for "blue city".
Another name for "Hohhot" is Hu-ho-hao-t'e.
Hohhot was founded by Altan Khan around 1580. Until 1954, Hohhot was referred to by the Chinese as Guisui (æ¸ç¶? GuÄ«suÄ«), or Kweisui, which is the acronym of the two districts of the city:
Guihua (æ¸åŒ–): Southeastern old section, business district, established as a town in the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty
Suiyuan (ç¶?é? ): Northeastern "New Town", government district. Established in the 17th century by the Manchus.
The two sections later became Guihua District (æ¸åŒ–縣) of the Qing Empire, renamed to Guisui County (æ¸ç¶?縣) in 1913, and upgraded to a city in 1950.
It was the capital of the defunct Suiyuan Province.
Located in the southern central part of Inner Mongolia.
Hohhot includes 9 counties and county-level banners, 2 sub-districts, and 96 townships.
11% Mongols, rest is mostly Han, with Korean, Hui, and other minorities.
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.
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.
Tomb 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.
Dazhao: Buddhist monastery constructed in 1579 and is oldest of the city.
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