Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia

Wuchuan County 武川县 • ᠦᠴᠤᠸᠠᠨᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
County
One of the main corners of downtown Wuchuan
Country	China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture	Hohhot
County seat	Wuchuan Town
Area
• Total	4,885 km2 (1,886 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	171,000
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
• Major nationalities	Han Chinese, Mongolian
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Wuchuan (Mongolian: ᠦᠴᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ Üčuvan siyan; Chinese: 武川县; pinyin: Wǔchuānxiàn), is the county surrounding Hohhot City, capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China. Wuchuan has an area of 4,885 square km with a population of 171,000. It is connected to Hohhot by the Huwu Highway; roughly a half-hour's drive. Zhaohe Grasslands, a popular tourist site, is nearby.

According to the earliest records, the name Wuchuan comes from the "Book of Zhou" (周书), dating from 398 AD, and the "History of the North" (北史). Human activity can be traced back as far as 10,000 years.

The archaeological site at Daqingshan (大青山) village includes many artefacts from the Dayao Culture (大窑文化) and proves that the area was suitable for human habitation at that time. Another Paleolithic site at Erdaowa (二道洼) Village has an estimated age of 10,000 years. Many stone tools were found there, including knives, cutters and axes, indicating that the occupants of the area were hunter-gatherers.