Hohhot
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.
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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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| Ceety | State | Kintra |
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| Ulaanbaatar | Ulan Bator |  Mongolie
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| Ulan-Ude |  Buryatie
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 Roushie
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Notes
eedit- ↑ 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.