Hohhot
Hohhot  呼和浩特 | |
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| Ceety o Hohhot · 呼和浩特市 | |
 Hohhot Central Square | |
 Hohhot (red) in Inner Mongolie (orange) an Cheenae | |
  Hohhot Location in Inner Mongolie | |
| Coordinates: 40°49′N 111°39′E / 40.817°N 111.650°E | |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Region | Inner Mongolie |
| County-level divisions | 10 |
| Tounship diveesions | 116 |
| Established | 1580 |
| Govrenment | |
| • CPC Committee Secretary | Han Zhiran (韩志然) |
| • Mayor | Tang Aijun (汤爱军) |
| Area | |
| • Prefectur-level ceety | 17224 km2 (6,650 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2158 km2 (833 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2158 km2 (833 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1065 m (3494 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Prefectur-level ceety | 2,866,615 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,980,774 |
| • Urban density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,980,774 |
| • Metro density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time) |
| Postal code | 010000 |
| Area code(s) | 471 |
| License plate prefixes | 蒙A |
| GDP (2008) | CNY 131.6 billion |
| - per caipita | CNY 51,016 |
| Local Dialect | Jin: Hohhot dialect |
| Website | http://www.huhhot.gov.cn/en/index.asp |
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| Cheenese | 呼和浩特 | ||||||||||
| Leeteral meanin | blue city or calling for peace, abundant, & unique | ||||||||||
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Hohhot (Mongolie: , Cheenese: 呼和浩特; pinyin: Hūhéhàotè, abbreviatit Hū Shì (Cheenese: 呼市); romanizit as Huhehot or Huhhot an aw), is a ceety in north-central Cheenae an the caipital o the Inner Mongolie Autonomous region, servin as the region's admeenistrative, economic, an cultural centre.
The ceety wis foondit bi Mongol ruler Altan Khan in the late 16t century. It wis chosen as the region's admeenistrative centre in 1952, replacin Ulanhot. A ceety wi a rich cultural backgrund, Hohhot is kent for its historical steids an temples an is ane o the major tourist destinations o Inner Mongolie. It is naitionally kent as the hame o Cheenae's dairy giants Mengniu an Yili an aw, an wis declared "Dairy Caipital o Cheenae" bi the China Dairy Industry Association an the Dairy Association of China in 2005.
The name o the ceety in Mongolie means "Blue Ceety." The colour blue in Mongolie cultur is associatit wi the sky, eternity an purity; in Cheenese, the name can be translatit as Qīng Chéng (Cheenese: 青城), literally, "Blue/Green Ceety."[1]
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]| Ceety | State | Kintra |
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| Ulaanbaatar | Ulan Bator |  Mongolie
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| Ulan-Ude |  Buryatie
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Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Chinese "qing" haes traditionally been a color atween "blue" an "green" in Scots, leadin some modren sources tae translate Qing Cheng intae Scots as "Green Ceety" insteid o "Blue Ceety," includin, for example, the official website of Hohhot Archived 2009-05-15 at the Wayback Machine.