Baotou

Baotou 包头市 • ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Prefecture-level city
Deer Monument in Baotou
Baotou (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange)
Baotou Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 40°39′N 109°50′E / 40.650°N 109.833°E / 40.650; 109.833Coordinates: 40°39′N 109°50′E / 40.650°N 109.833°E / 40.650; 109.833
Country	China
Region	Inner Mongolia
County-level divisions	10
Area
• Prefecture-level city	27,768 km2 (10,721 sq mi)
• Urban	2,662 km2 (1,028 sq mi)
• Metro	2,662 km2 (1,028 sq mi)
Elevation	1,065 m (3,494 ft)
Population (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	2,650,364
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
• Urban	2,070,801
• Urban density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Metro	2,070,801
• Metro density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Major nationalities	Han, Mongolian
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	014000
Area code(s)	472
License plate prefixes	蒙B
Local Dialect	Jin（Baotou dialect）；Northeastern Mandarin；Southern Mongolian
Website	baotou.gov.cn

Baotou (Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ Buɣutu qota, Бугат хот; Chinese: 包头市; pinyin: bāotóu) also known as Bugthot is the largest industrial city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of northern China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, its built-up (or metro) area made up of 5 urban districts is home to 2,070,801 inhabitants with a total population of over 2.65 million accounting for counties under its jurisdiction. The city's Mongolian name means "place with deer", and an alternate name is "Lucheng" (鹿城; Lùchéng), meaning "Deer City". The 39,000 capacity Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium is the main sports venue in the city and is used mostly for football matches.

Baotou is divided into 10 county-level divisions, including 7 districts, 1 county and 2 banners.

The area now known as Baotou was inhabited since ancient times by nomads, most notably the Mongols. Near the end of the Han Dynasty, Lü Bu, a particularly noteworthy warrior, was born in today's Jiuyuan District of Baotou. Compared to the capital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Baotou's construction as a city came relatively late, being incorporated as a town in 1809. The city's site was chosen because it was in an arable region of the Yellow River's Great Bend.