Hohhot
prefecture-level city in China
Hohhot, also Huhehot or Huhhot, is the capital of Inner Mongolia. It is the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre.
Hohhot | |
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| City of Hohhot | |
 Hohhot Central Square | |
 Hohhot (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange) and China | |
  Hohhot Location in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 40°49′N 111°39′E / 40.817°N 111.650°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Inner Mongolia |
| County-level divisions | 10 |
| Township divisions | 116 |
| Established | 1580 |
| Government | |
| • CPC Committee Secretary | Han Zhiran |
| • Mayor | Tang Aijun |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 17,224 km2 (6,650 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,158 km2 (833 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,158 km2 (833 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,065 m (3,494 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census)[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 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) |
| • Major nationalities | Han - 87.16% Mongolian - 9.98% |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 010000 |
| Area code | 471 |
| License plate prefixes | 蒙A |
| GDP (2008) | 131.6 billion yuan |
| - per capita | 51,016 yuan |
| Local Dialect | Jin: Hohhot dialect |
| Administrative division code | 150100 |
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-15-01 |
| Website | http://www.huhhot.gov.cn/en/index.asp |
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| Chinese | 呼和浩特 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | blue city or calling for peace, abundant, & unique | ||||||||||
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Footnotes
change- ↑ "呼和浩特市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据" [Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China]. 内蒙古新闻网. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
Other websites
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Media related to Hohhot at Wikimedia Commons- Hohhot government website Archived 2005-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
