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外文名称: Hohhot City
Hohhot,
(literally
meaning "Green Town" in Mongolian), the capital of the Inner
Mongolian Autonomous Region, is an ancient town, which was
founded in 1581 on the proposal of Altan Khan (1507-1582),
17th generation descendant of Genghis Khan, beyond the Great
Wall.
The city is divided into
four districts, four counties and one banner (county) with an
area of 17,224 sq. km. With a total population of more than
1.94 million, it has 36 ethnic groups including Mongolian, Hui, Han,
Manchurian, Oroqen, etc.
Hohhot is situated on a plateau lying at 1,000 m at the edge of the
Mongolian grasslands, some 425 km. northwest of Beijing.
With a pleasant weather in summer, and
low temperature in winter which lasts 5-6 months, Hohhot has
a mean annual temperature of 5.6 degrees centigrade, and a
mean annual precipitation of 400 mm.
Hohhot is an important communications
hub in the region as well as in northwestern China. The
Beijing-Baotou, Hohhot-Taiyuan and Hohhot-Lanzhou railways run through
the city. The city also has dozens of domestic air routes and two
international air routes.
Hohhot
is rich in resources. The main categories verified by now
include: coal, graphite, marble stone, pearlite, bentonite,
kaolin, lead and zinc. The amount of these resources is
abundant and the quantity is large enough with excellent exploitation
value as well as promising future. It is also rich in agricultural and
livestock resources such as wool, meat, milk and medicinal herbs with
great development potential.
Hohhot has built two economic
development zones by the end of 1995: the Ruyi Economic
Development Zone and the Jichuan Economic Development Zone.
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