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Hohhot

Hohhot
呼和浩特市ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Prefecture-level city
Clockwise from top: monument of Genghis Khan, Governor of Suiyuan General, Temple of the Five Pagodas, Zhaojun Tomb.
Clockwise from top: monument of Genghis Khan, Governor of Suiyuan General, Temple of the Five Pagodas, Zhaojun Tomb.
Hohhot (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange)
Hohhot (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange)
Hohhot is located in Inner Mongolia
Hohhot
Hohhot
Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 40°49′N 111°39′E / 40.817°N 111.650°E / 40.817; 111.650Coordinates: 40°49′N 111°39′E / 40.817°N 111.650°E / 40.817; 111.650
Country China
Region Inner Mongolia
County-level divisions 10
Township divisions 116
Established 1580
Government
 • CPC Committee Secretary Nasanmunkh (那顺孟和)
 • Mayor Li Jiexiang (李杰翔)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city 17,186.1 km2 (6,635.6 sq mi)
 • Urban 2,065.1 km2 (797.3 sq mi)
 • Metro 2,065.1 km2 (797.3 sq mi)
Elevation 1,065 m (3,494 ft)
Population (2012 estimate)
 • Prefecture-level city 2,866,615
 • Density 170/km2 (430/sq mi)
 • Urban 1,980,774
 • Urban density 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
 • Metro 1,980,774
 • Metro density 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
 • Major nationalities Han - 87.16%
Mongolian - 9.98%
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 010000
Area code(s) 471
License plate prefixes A
GDP (2012) CNY 247.6 billion
(US $39.47 billion)
GDP per capita CNY 84,074
(US $13,400)
Local Dialect Jin: Zhangjiakou-Hohhot dialect
Administrative division code 150100
ISO 3166-2 CN-15-01
Website www.huhhot.gov.cn
Hohhot
HHHT name.svg
Hohhot as written in Chinese
HHHTM.svg
Hohhot as written in Mongolian
Chinese name
Chinese 呼和浩特
Literal meaning blue city(in Mongolian)
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic Хөх хот
Mongolian script ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Russian name
Russian Хух-Хото
Romanization Chuch-Choto

Hohhot (Chinese: 呼和浩特; pinyin: Hūhéhàotè; Mongolian: Kökeqota.svg Kökeqota; Khalkha: Хөх хот Höh hot, /xɵxˈxɔtʰ/), abbreviated Hushi (Chinese: 呼市; pinyin: Hūshì), formerly known as Kweisui (simplified Chinese: 归绥; traditional Chinese: 歸綏; pinyin: Guīsuí), is the capital of Inner Mongolia in North China, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre.

Its population was 2,866,615 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 1,980,774 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of 4 urban districts.

The name of the city in Mongolian means "Blue City"—Kuku-Khoto in Mongolian—although it is also wrongly referred to as the "Green City." The color blue in Mongol culture is associated with the sky, eternity and purity; in Chinese, the name can be translated as Qīng Chéng (Chinese: 青城), literally, "Blue/Green City."

The name has also been variously romanized as Kokotan, Kokutan, Kuku-hoton, Huhohaot'e, Huhehot, Huhhot, or Köke qota.


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