Baotou

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}}Template:Main other Template:Infobox Chinese BaotouTemplate:Efn is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (or metro) area made up of its 5 urban districts is home to 2,261,089 people with a total population of 2,709,378 accounting for counties under its jurisdiction.<ref name="citypopulation.de" /> The city's namesake, literally translated to "place with deer", is of Mongolic origin or "Lucheng" (Template:Lang-zh), meaning "City of Deer".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alternatively Baotou is known as the "City of Steel in Gobi" (Template:Lang-zh). Steel was a major industry in the city. Today, Baotou refines over half of the rare-earth minerals produced in the world. This has led to environmental contamination near the industrial sites.

History

File:Baotou.jpg

The Deer monument in central Baotou City, Inner Mongolia

Ancient times

The area now known as Baotou was inhabited by nomads, some of whose descendants would later be categorized as Mongols. Near the end of the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), Lü Bu, a particularly noteworthy warrior, was born in today's Jiuyuan District of Baotou.

Foundation of the town

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.

Early 20th century

The Gelaohui secret society and the Hui Muslim General Ma Fuxiang came to an agreement in 1922, in which Ma Fuxiang agreed to allow the Gelaohui to extort protection money from wool merchants in Baotou.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

A railway from Beijing was constructed in 1923, and the city began spurring some industrial sites. A German-Chinese joint-venture in 1934 constructed the Baotou Airport and opened a weekly route connecting Baotou with Ningxia and Lanzhou.

When young Owen Lattimore visited Baotou in 1925, it was still "a little husk of a town in a great hollow shell of mud ramparts, where two busy streets made a traders' quarter", but already an important railhead. Qinghai and Gansu wool and hides were brought down the Yellow River by raft and boat from Lanzhou to Baotou, and shipped from Baotou by rail to the east (in particular, to Tianjin for export). The river traffic was one-way only, however, as the fast current made sailing up the Yellow River impractical. To travel from Baotou back to Lanzhou or Yinchuan, one would use a cart and camel road. There were also caravan roads from Baotou to Ordos and the Alxa League.<ref>Owen Lattimore, The Desert to Turkestan, 1928. Pages 7-8.</ref>

Second Sino-Japanese War

Baotou was under Japanese control from 1937 until 1945.Template:Citation needed

Chinese civil war

On September 19, 1949, after the September 19 Rebellion, Baotou fell under Communist control.Template:Citation needed The People's Government was formed in February 1950.Template:Citation needed

Late 20th century

In the early Communist years, Baotou served as an industrial centre, with a significant portion of its economy coming from its steel production.Template:Citation needed The Iron and Steel Base in Baotou is one of the "156 projects", which were constructed with the help of the Soviet Union to develop China's national economy in the 1950s and 1960s, and it continues this reputation until this day.Template:Citation needed Until the middle of the 1960s, the steel complex at Baotou was one of the rare examples of industrialization in the periphery of China.<ref name=":12">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp

1996 earthquake

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} On 3 May 1996, at 03:32AM UTC (11:32AM local time), an earthquake of M_S 6.4 occurred. Since the epicenter of the earthquake was located close to the city,<ref>of the epicenter of the 1996 earthquake</ref> Baotou was very damaged by the earthquake: 26 people were killed, 453 injured and 196,633 lost their homes. The electrical infrastructure of the city was also damaged, and soil liquefaction occurred around the swamps of the Yellow River.

The earthquake, which destroyed many old houses, led to the reconstruction of Baotou. In 2002, the Baotou Municipal Government was awarded by UN-HABITAT for the improvements in shelter and the urban environments.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>http://ww2.unhabitat.org/whd/2002/documents/whd_pressrelease_2.docTemplate:Dead link</ref>

21st century

In the early 21st century, Baotou's economy grew rapidly, growing about tenfold from 2000 to 2010.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The city's gross domestic product peaked at about 386.763 billion renminbi (RMB) in 2016, and has shrunk significantly since then.<ref name=":1" />

Economy

Baotou is the largest economy of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,<ref name="Information">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Update inline and accounted for approximately 21.3% of Inner Mongolia's total gross domestic product (GDP) as of 2012.<ref name="GDP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2018, the city's GDP is 295.180 billion renminbi (RMB), a 7.22% increase from the previous year, but much lower than the city's peak of 386.763 billion RMB in 2016.<ref name=":1" />

Baotou's secondary sector has proven crucial to the city's economy. As of 2016, it contributed 182.215 RMB to the city's economy, 47.11% of the city's total GDP.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, like the city's total economy, it has shrunk since then.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> As of 2020, the city's secondary sector contributed 115.300 billion RMB to Baotou's economy.<ref name=":2" />

Baotou Xingsheng Economic & Technological Development Zone is an industrial zone in Baotou.Template:Citation needed

As noted, in the early Communist years Baotou served as an industrial centre, with a significant portion of its economy coming from its industry around metals, mostly steel. The Iron and Steel Base of Bautou was constructed with the help of the Soviet Union to help China in developing its economy; it was one of the 156 Projects that the Soviets helped build for that purpose in the 1950s and 1960s.Template:Citation needed

Baotou is a major center for rare-earth metals.<ref name=":04">Template:Cite book</ref> Rare-earth minerals from the Bayan Obo Mining District, about 120 kilometres from Baotou, are processed in the city. They are used in many electrical and electronic devices, such as smartphones, TVs, wind turbines, and electric vehicle motors.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> The toxic byproducts from the refineries are contained by the Baotou Tailings Dam.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />

Demographics

According to the 2020 Chinese Census, Baotou has a permanent population of about 2,709,400 people, up about 59,000 from the 2010 Census.<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

}}</ref> The average household in Baotou comprises 2.27 people, down from 2.65 as of 2010.<ref name=":3" />

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Badekar Monastery

Age and sex distribution

Baotou, like many places in China, has an aging population. As per the 2020 Census, 20.19% of Baotou's population is aged 60 and older, 1.49 percentage points above the Chinese national average of 18.70%.<ref name=":3" /> 13.70% of Baotou's population is aged 65 and older, 0.20 percentage points above the Chinese national average of 13.50%.<ref name=":3" /> The number of people aged 60 and older has grown by 7.42% since 2010, and the number of people aged 65 and older has grown by 4.88% during that same span.<ref name=":3" />

Per the census, 50.7% of the city's population is male, and 49.3% is female.<ref name=":3" />

Ethnic groups

Ethnicity	2000Template:Citation needed		2020<ref name=":3" />
	Population	Percentage	Population	Percentage
Han Chinese	2,122,737	94.16%	2,525,500	93.21%
Mongol	67,209	2.98%	113,200	4.18%
Hui Chinese	36,234	1.61%	N/A	N/A
Manchu	22,826	1.01%	N/A	N/A
Korean Chinese	848	0.04%	N/A	N/A
Other	N/A	N/A	70,700	2.61%
Total	N/A	100.00%	2,709,400	100.00%

Floating population

As of 2020, there are approximately 1,026,400 floating residents of Baotou,<ref name=":3" /> that is, residents of the city with a hukou registration elsewhere. This population has increased by 144,100, or 22.37%, since 2010.<ref name=":3" />

Urbanization

As of the 2020 Census, 2,334,400 people, or 86.16% of the city's population, lives in urban areas.<ref name=":3" /> The remaining 375,000 people, 13.84% of the city's population, lives in rural areas.<ref name=":3" />

Prominent locations

• The 39,000 capacity Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>(Template:Lang-zh) is the main sports venue in the city and is used mostly for football matches.Template:Citation needed

File:Saihantalah Park, Baotou.jpg

Saihantalah Grasslands Park, central Baotou

• Saihantalah Grasslands Park (Template:Lang-zh) or Ecological Reserve is a large urban park in central Baotou, in the Qingshan district. The 5.5 km square park is home to thirty wild animal and bird species and is reputedly one of the largest urban parks in China. It is a popular recreational location and attracts 2 million visitors a year.Template:Citation needed
• The largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Inner Mongolia, Badekar Monastery is located in Shiguai District.<ref name="Yao">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• The Baotou Tailings Dam or Weikuang Dam is a tailings dam about 20 kilometres outside the main city of Baotou. It is owned by Baotou Steel and contains the toxic waste from rare-earth mineral refineries. Since as early as 2012, there have been reports of serious contamination of the surrounding environment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Transportation

• Baotou is a terminus for both the Baolan Railway and the Jingbao Railway, heading for Lanzhou in the west and Beijing in the east, respectively. The city is served by two main railway stations, Baotou East Railway Station, and Baotou Railway Station.
• Baotou Donghe International Airport serves the city with regular service to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
• The city is connected by the Hubao Expressway to Inner Mongolia's capital, Hohhot.
• China National Highway 210
• Baotou Metro

Geography and climate

Baotou is located in the west of Inner Mongolia, located at the junction of two economic zones: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Upper Yellow River Natural Resources Enrichment Zone (Template:Lang-zh). Its administrative area borders Mongolia's Dornogovi Province to the north, while the Yellow River, which flows for Template:Convert in the prefecture,<ref name="Geo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is south of the urban area itself. The Tumochuan Plateau (Template:Lang-zh), Hetao Plateau, and Yin Mountains cross the urban area and central part of the prefecture. Baotou City ranges in latitude from 41° 20' to 42° 40' N and in longitude from 109° 50' to 111° 25' E.

Baotou features a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), marked by long, cold and very dry winters, hot, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. Temperatures often fall below Template:Convert in winter and rise above Template:Convert in summer. The annual precipitation is approximately Template:Convert, with more than half of it falling in July and August alone. Due to the aridity and elevation, temperature differences between day and night can be large, especially in spring. In 2002, there were 12 instances of dust storms.<ref name="Geo"/> Temperature extremes recorded since 1951 range from Template:Convert on 27 January 1971 (though an unofficial record low of Template:Convert on 23 December 1935)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to Template:Convert on 22 June 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Administrative divisions

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

Map
#	Name	Mongolian	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010 Census<ref>China - Neimenggu Zizhiqu (Nei Monggol / Inner Mongolia), GeoHive, 1996-2014</ref>)	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
1	Hondlon District	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}}	Kūndūlún Qū	726,838	301	2,415
2	Donghe District	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}}	Dōnghé Qū	512,045	470	1,089
3	Qingshan District	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}}	Qīngshān Qū	600,284	396	1,516
4	Shiguai District	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}}	Shíguǎi Qū	35,803	761	47
5	Bayan'obo Mining District	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}}	Báiyún Èbó Kuàngqū	26,050	303	86
6	Jiuyuan District	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}}	Jiǔyuán Qū	195,831	734	267
8	Guyang County	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}}	Gùyáng Xiàn	175,574	5,025	35
9	Tumed Right Banner (Tumed Barun Banner)	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}}	Tǔmòtè Yòu Qí	276,453	2,368	116.7
10	Darhan Muminggan United Banner (Darhan Muminggan Holbot Banner)	Template:MongolUnicode Template:Small	lang}} {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Dá'ěrhǎn Màomíng'ān Liánhé Qí	101,486	17,410	5.8

Gallery

• 北方兵器公园 - panoramio.jpg

  Northern Weapons Park

• Child on way home from school, Baotou.jpg

  Trip home for lunch, area rebuilt after the earthquake

• Aobao shrine worship in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.jpg

  Aobao Shrine

• G210 Highway Baotou Yellow River Bridge 1.jpg

  Bridge over the Yellow River

• Baotou.chariot.ger tereg.jpg

  Baotou chariot and Yurt

• Main airport road, Baotou.jpg

  Main airport road, Baotou

• Baotou students playing soccer in snow.jpg

  Students at Baotou Foreign Languages School playing soccer in the snow

See also

• Template:Ill, named for the city

External links

• Template:Wikivoyage inline
• Baotou official website