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Hohhot,Template:Efn formerly known as Kweisui,Template:Efn is the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Solovyov/> serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.<ref name="The New Encyclopædia Britannica 1977 p. 275">The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th Edition (1977), Volume I, p. 275.</ref> Its population was 3,446,100 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, of whom 2,944,889 lived in the metropolitan area consisting of 4 urban districts (including Hohhot Economic and Development Zone) plus the Tumed Left Banner.<ref name="renkou">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The name of the city in Mongolian means "Blue City", although it is also wrongly referred to as the "Green City."<ref name="Perkins 1999, p. 212">Perkins (1999), p. 212.</ref> The color blue in Mongol culture is associated with the sky, eternity and purity. In Chinese, the name can be translated as Qīng Chéng (Template:Lang-zh)<ref>Chinese "qing" has traditionally been a color between "blue" and "green" in English, leading some modern sources to translate Qing Cheng into English as "Green City" instead of "Blue City," including, for example, the official website of Hohhot Template:Webarchive.</ref> The name has also been variously romanized as Kokotan, Kokutan, Kuku-hoton, Huhohaot'e, Huhehot, Huhhot, Huhot, or Köke qota.<ref name="Solovyov">Template:Citation </ref>
The city is a seat of the Inner Mongolia University, the largest regional comprehensive university and the only 211 Project University in Inner Mongolia.
HistoryEdit
Early historyEdit
Yunzhong Commandery (Template:Lang-zh) was a historical commandery of China. Its territories were between the Great Wall and Yin Mountains, and correspond to part of modern-day Hohhot, Baotou and Ulanqab prefectures in Inner Mongolia. The central city of Yunzhong was in the suburbs of today's Hohhot.
The commandery was created during King Wuling of Zhao's reign after a successful campaign against the Linhu (林胡) and Loufan (樓煩) peoples.<ref>Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 50.</ref> After the establishment of Qin and Han dynasty, the commandery became the frontier between Han and the Xiongnu. In early Han dynasty, the region saw frequent Xiongnu raids. However, from Emperor Wu's reign onwards, it became an important base of military operations in the wars against the Xiongnu.<ref>Book of Han, Chapter 64.</ref> In 127 BC, it was from Yunzhong that General Wei Qing led a 40,000-men strong cavalry force and conquered the modern Hetao and Ordos regions.
In 2 AD, the commandery administered 11 counties, namely Yunzhong (雲中), Xianyang (咸陽), Taolin (陶林), Zhenling (楨陵), Duhe (犢和), Shaling (沙陵), Yuanyang (原陽), Shanan (沙南), Beiyu (北輿), Wuquan (武泉) and Yangshou (陽壽). The population totaled 38,303 households, or 173,270 people.<ref>Book of Han, Chapter 28.</ref> During Eastern Han, 3 counties were abolished, while 3 new counties were added from Dingxiang Commandery. In 140 AD, the population was 5,351 households, or a population of 26,430.<ref>Book of Later Han, Chapter 113.</ref> Toward the late Han dynasty, the area's population decreased sharply as residents fled from invading northern nomadic peoples, and the commandery was dissolved.<ref>Book of Jin, Chapter 14.</ref>
The Tuoba chieftain Gui (called Tuoba Gui) was able to refound the Dai empire in 386. From his capital at Shengle (near modern Helingeer). His descendants would, step by step, conquer the north of China, divide the Later Yan realm into two parts, and subdue the Xia (407–431), the Later Qin (384–417) and the many Liang and Yan empires.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ming and Qing eraEdit
In 1557, the Tümed Mongol leader Altan Khan began building the Da Zhao Temple on the Tümed plain in order to convince the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) government of his leadership of the southern Mongol tribes.<ref name=Dazhao>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The town that grew up around this temple was called the "Blue Town" (Kokegota in Mongolian). The Ming had been blockading the Mongols' access to Chinese iron, cotton, and crop seeds, in order to dissuade them from attacking the North China plain. In 1570, Altan Khan successfully negotiated the end of the blockade by establishing a vassal-tributary relationship with the Ming, who changed Kokegota's name to Guihua (Template:Lang-zh; postal: Kweihua; Template:Lang-zh) in 1575. The population of Guihua grew to over 150,000 in the early 1630s as local Mongol princes encouraged the settlement of Han Chinese merchants. There were occasional attacks on Guihua by Mongol armies, such as the total razing of the city by Ligdan Khan in 1631. Altan Khan and his successors constructed temples and fortresses in 1579, 1602 and 1727. The Tümed Mongols of the area had long since adopted a semiagricultural way of life. Hui merchants gathered north of the gate of the city's fortress, building a mosque in 1693.<ref name="Zhang敏昶2005">Template:Cite book</ref> Their descendants formed the nucleus of the modern Huimin district.
After the Manchus founded the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the Kangxi Emperor (reigned 1661–1722) sent troops to control the region,<ref name="Perkins 1999, p. 212"/> which was of interest to the Qing as a center of study of Tibetan Buddhism. Just 2 km northeast of Guihua the Qing built the strong garrison town of Suiyuan (Template:Lang-zh), from which they supervised the defense of southwestern Inner Mongolia against Mongol attacks from the north in 1735–39.<ref name="Jank"/>Template:Rp<ref name="Environments1998">Template:Cite book</ref> Guihua and Suiyuan was merged into Shanxi province and became Guihua County (Template:Lang-zh) of Qing China. French missionaries established a Catholic church in Guihua in 1874, but the Christians were forced to flee to Beijing during the antiforeign Boxer Rebellion of 1899–1901.
Republican eraEdit
In 1913, the government of the new Republic of China united the garrison town of Suiyuan and the old town of Guihua as Guisui (Template:Lang-zh; postal: Kweisui). Guisui town was the center of Guisui County (Template:Lang-zh) and the capital of Suiyuan Province in northern China. A bubonic plague outbreak in 1917 and the connection of Guisui to railway links in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Beijing helped renew the economy of Guisui town by forming links with eastern China and western China's Xinjiang province.<ref name="Jank"/>Template:Rp In 1918, the American specialist on Inner Asia Owen Lattimore noted Guisui's ethnic composition as "a town purely Han Chinese except for the Lama monasteries ... the Tümeds are now practically nonexistent and the nearest Mongolians are to be sought at Template:Convert distance on the plateau."<ref name="Jank"/>Template:Rp During the progressive Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s, the Japanese created the puppet state of Mengjiang headed by Prince De, who renamed Guisui "Blue City" Hohhot; (Template:Lang-zh).<ref>Template:Citation</ref> After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the Republic of China changed the name back to Guisui.<ref name="Jank"/>Template:Rp The Chinese Communist Party's forces drove out General Fu Zuoyi, the Republic's commander in Suiyuan, during the Chinese Civil War, and after the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949, Guisui was renamed Hohhot.<ref name="Jank"/>Template:Rp
People's Republic eraEdit
During the Civil War, seeking the support of separatist Mongols, the Communists established the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in Mongol-minority areas of the Republic's provinces of Suiyuan, Xing'an, Chahar, and Rehe. Guisui was chosen as the region's administrative centre in 1952, replacing Zhangjiakou. In 1954, after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the city was renamed from Guisui to Hohhot, though with a different Chinese pronunciation of Huhehaote.<ref name="Jank"/>Template:Rp
The city has seen significant development since China's reform and opening began. The city's far east side began development around 2000 and is now home to the municipal government, most of the Autonomous Region's administrative buildings,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> an artificial lake called Ruyi He,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a large number of condominiums, mostly built by the local real estate company Gold Horse International Inc. The Hohhot City Stadium, built on the city's north side, was finished in 2007.<ref name="nc.mofcom.gov.cn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A city with a rich cultural background, Hohhot is known for its historical sites and temples and is one of the major tourist destinations of Inner Mongolia. It is also nationally known as the home of China's dairy giants Mengniu and Yili,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was declared "Dairy Capital of China" by the China Dairy Industry Association and the Dairy Association of China in 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
GeographyEdit
Located in the south central part of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot is encircled by the Daqing Shan (Template:Lang-zh) to the north and the Hetao Plateau to the south.<ref name="Incorporated2001">Template:Cite book</ref>
The city's antipodal location is Template:Convert from the village of Los Menucos in Río Negro Provence, Argentina.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ClimateEdit
Hohhot features a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), marked by long, cold, and very dry winters; hot, somewhat humid summers; strong winds (especially in spring); and monsoonal influence. The coldest month is January, with a daily mean of Template:Convert, while July, the hottest month, averages Template:Convert. The annual mean temperature is Template:Convert, and the annual precipitation is Template:Convert, with more than half of it falling in July and August alone. Variability can be very high, however: in 1965 Hohhot recorded as little as Template:Convert but six years before that, as much as Template:Convert, of which over a third (Template:Convert) only in July.<ref>Huhehaote rainfall</ref>
Hohhot is a popular destination for tourists during the summer months because of the nearby Zhaohe grasslands. More recently, due to desertification, the city sees sandstorms on almost an annual basis. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 54 percent in November to 66 percent in September, sunshine is abundant year-round, the city receives 2,680 hours of bright sunshine annually. Extreme temperatures have ranged from Template:Convert on 6 February 1951 to Template:Convert on 30 July 2010, though unofficially a record low of Template:Convert was recorded in January 1930.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Administrative divisionsEdit
The city is administratively at the prefecture-level, meaning that it administers both its urban area and the rural regions in its vicinity. The administrative area includes 4 counties, 4 districts, and a county-level banner; they are further divided into 20 urban sub-districts, and 96 townships. The data here represented is in km2 and uses data from the 2010 Census.
DemographicsEdit
Template:Historical populations The urban population of Hohhot has increased rapidly since the 1990s. According to the 2010 Census, the population of Hohhot had reached 2,866,615 people, 428,717 more inhabitants than in 2000 (the average annual demographic growth for the period 2000–2010 was of 1.63 percent).<ref name=renkou/><ref>Template:In lang Compilation by LianXin website. Data from the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China Template:Webarchive</ref> Its built-up (or metro) area is home to 1,980,774 inhabitants (4 urban districts).
The majority of the population of Hohhot are Han Chinese, representing 87.16 percent of the total population in 2010. Most Han in Hohhot, if their ancestry is traced several decades back, have ancestors from Shanxi, northeast China, or Hebei. Most Mongols in the city speak Chinese. A 1993 survey conducted by Inner Mongolia University found that only 8 percent of Tümed Mongols (the majority tribe in Hohhot) could speak the Mongolian language.<ref name="Jank"/>Template:Rp A significant portion of the population is of mixed ethnic origin. According to the anthropologist William Jankowiak, author of the book Sex, Death, and Hierarchy in a Chinese City (1993), there is "relatively little difference between minority culture and Han culture" in Hohhot, with differences concentrating around relatively minor attributes such as food and art, and similarities abounding over fundamental issues of ethics, status, life goals, and worldview.<ref name="Jank">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp
Ethnic groups in Hohhot, according to the 2000 census, were:
| Ethnicity | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Han Chinese | 2,115,888 | 88.42% |
| Mongol | 204,846 | 8.56% |
| Hui | 38,417 | 1.61% |
| Manchu | 26,439 | 1.10% |
| Daur | 2,663 | 0.11% |
| Korean | 1,246 | 0.05% |
| Miao | 443 | 0.02% |
EconomyEdit
Hohhot is a major industrial center within Inner Mongolia. Together with Baotou and Ordos, it accounts for more than 60 percent of the total industrial output of Inner Mongolia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After Baotou and Ordos, it is the third-largest economy of the province, with GDP of RMB 247.56 billion in 2012, up 11.0 percent year on year.<ref name=2012stat/> Hohhot accounted for approximately 15.5 percent of the province's total GDP in 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is also the largest consumer center in the region, recording ¥102.2 billion retail sales of consumer goods in 2012, an increase of 14.9 percent from 2011.<ref name=2012stat>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The city has been a central developmental target for the China Western Development project being pursued by the Central Government. There are many famous enterprises located in Hohhot, including China's largest dairy producer by sales revenue, the Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, and the China Mengniu Dairy Co.<ref>"Programa Conjunto FAO/OMS Sobre Normas Alimentarias" (Archive). Food and Agriculture Organization. p. 30. Retrieved on 10 July 2014. "Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd. No. 8, Jinsi Road, Jinchun Developing Zone 010080 Hohhot P.R. China"</ref>
As the economic center of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot's urban area has expanded greatly since the 1990s. CBDs have grown rapidly in all the city's major districts. The completion of a new office tower for the Municipal Government in Eastern Hohhot marked a shift of the city center to the east. Hailiang Plaza ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), a 41-floor tower constructed in the city center, became one of the few notable department stores for luxury merchandise in the city.
Major development zonesEdit
- Hohhot Economic and Technological Development Zone
- Hohhot Export Processing Zone
CultureEdit
Due to its relatively diverse cultural make-up, and despite its characteristics as a mid-sized Chinese industrial city, the Hohhot street scene has no shortage of ethnic minority elements. Tongdao Road, a major street in the old town area, is decorated with Islamic and Mongol exterior designs on all its buildings. A series of government initiatives in recent years have emphasized Hohhot's identity with ethnic minority groups, especially in increasing Mongol-themed architecture around the city. By regulation, all street signs and public transportation announcements are in both Chinese and Mongolian.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
DialectEdit
Template:See also Older Hohhot residents mostly tend to converse in the Hohhot dialect, a branch of the Jin language from neighbouring Shanxi province. This spoken form can be difficult to understand for speakers of other Mandarin Chinese dialects. The newer residents, mostly concentrated in Xincheng and Saihan Districts, speak Hohhot-based Mandarin, the majority also with a noticeable accent and some unique vocabulary.
CuisineEdit
Food specialty in the area is mostly focused on Mongol cuisine and dairy products. Commercially, Hohhot is known for being the base of the nationally renowned dairy giants Yili and Mengniu. The Mongol drink suutei tsai (Template:Lang-zh), has become a typical breakfast selection for anyone living in or visiting the city.<ref name="Planet"/> The city also has rich traditions in the making of hot pot and shaomai, a type of traditional Chinese dumpling served as dim sum.<ref name="Hsiung">Hsiung, Deh-Ta. Simonds, Nina. Lowe, Jason. [2005] (2005). The food of China: a journey for food lovers. Bay Books. Template:ISBN. p 38.</ref>
TransportationEdit
AirportEdit
Hohhot's Baita International Airport (IATA:HET) is located about Template:Convert east of the city centre by car. It has direct flights to larger domestic cities including Beijing, Tianjin,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and others. It also has flights to Taichung,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hong Kong, and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
RailwayEdit
Hohhot lies on the Jingbao Railway from Beijing to Baotou, and is served by two railway stations: Hohhot railway station and Hohhot East railway station.<ref name="hui1993">Template:Cite book</ref> The line began operation in 1921.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:In lang</ref> Trains to Beijing link to destinations to the south and the northeast. The most prominent rail link with Beijing is the overnight K90 train, which has served the Hohhot-Beijing line since the 1980s and is referred to colloquially as the "9-0". Westbound trains go through Baotou and Lanzhou. There are also rail links to most major Inner Mongolian cities and to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Because the quickest trip to Beijing takes around six and a half hours despite the relatively close proximity of the two cities, plans for high-speed rail were discussed extensively prior to the construction of a high-speed railway station beginning in 2008. The station was completed in 2011 and initially serviced only ordinary lines. In January 2015, CRH opened its first D-series (dongchezu) route in Inner Mongolia in the Baotou-Hohhot-Jining corridor, shortening travel time between Inner Mongolia's two largest cities to a mere 50 minutes.<ref name=dongchezu>Template:Cite news</ref> This line reached a maximum speed of Template:Convert between Hohhot and Baotou. Another high-speed rail line linking Hohhot to Zhangjiakou and the planned Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway are due for completion in 2017, and are designed to operate at Template:Convert. The section between Hohhot and Ulanqab (Jining) opened in August 2017; travel time between the two cities was shortened to 40 minutes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
ExpresswaysEdit
An expressway built in 1997 (then known as the Hubao Expressway) links Hohhot with Baotou. In recent years this expressway has been expanded eastwards to Jining and Zhangjiakou, and on to Beijing as part of the G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway (Jingzang Expressway). The city is on the route of China National Highway 110, which runs from Yinchuan to Beijing. China National Highway 209 begins in Hohhot and carries traffic southbound towards southern China, with its terminus in Guangxi. Hohhot is connected to its northern counties by the Huwu Highway, which was completed in 2006. Previously, travel to the northern counties had required lengthy navigation through mountainous terrain.
Long-distance buses connect Hohhot to outlying counties, the cities of Baotou, Wuhai, and Ordos, and other areas in Inner Mongolia.
Public transport and roadwaysEdit
Hohhot's major north–south thoroughfares are called roads (Lu) and its east–west thoroughfares are called streets (Jie). The largest elevated interchange is near the site of the city's Drum Tower (Gulou), after which it is named. Several major streets are named after Inner Mongolian leagues and cities; among these, Hulun Buir, Jurim (now Tongliao), Ulaanhad (Now Chifeng), Xilin Gol, and Xing'an run north–south, while Bayannur, Hailar, Ulaanqab, and Erdos run east–west.
The city's public transit system is composed of nearly one hundred bus routes and a large fleet of taxicabs, which are normally green or blue. Bus fare is 1 yuan; taxi fares begin at 8 yuan.
MetroEdit
The Hohhot Metro is in operation. Line 1 opened on 29 December 2019.<ref name=hmcc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
EducationEdit
Universities located in Hohhot include:
- Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics
- Inner Mongolia University, only 211 Project University in Inner Mongolia.<ref name="Inner Mongolia University">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Inner Mongolia University of Agriculture
- Inner Mongolia Normal University
- Inner Mongolia University of Technology
- Inner Mongolia College of Medicine
- Inner Mongolia College of Finance and Economics
- Inner Mongolia Police Professional College
- Hohhot College of Education
- Honder College of Inner Mongolia Normal University
High Schools located in Hohhot include:
- Hohhot No.2 Middle School
- Affiliated Middle School to Inner Mongolia Normal University
- Hohhot experimental middle school
- Hohhot No.1 Middle School
SportsEdit
Hohhot lacked a professional soccer team until Shenyang Dongjin F.C. relocated to Hohhot, changing their name to Hohhot Dongjin, in 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They played at Hohhot City Stadium, which was newly built in 2007.<ref name="nc.mofcom.gov.cn"/> The club finished in the bottom of the league in the 2012 season and was and relegated to League Two. After playing half a season at Hohhot in 2013, the team relocated to Liaoning and chose Benxi City Stadium as their new home court.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On 14 January 2015, Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi F.C. moved to Hohhot and changed their name to Nei Mongu Zhongyou F.C.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The team play in China League One and chose Hohhot City Stadium as their home in 2015. The team had been first established as Shanxi Jiayi F.C. on 8 October 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable landmarksEdit
There were over 50 Ming and Qing Buddhist temples and towers in Guihua and Suiyuan.
- Zhaojun Tomb ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), located about nine kilometers south of the city center. It is said to be the tomb of Wang Zhaojun, a woman of the Han Empire who married a Xiongnu Chanyu (king).
- Baita Pagoda ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), located in the eastern rural area nearing the airport. It was constructed during the Liao Dynasty. The airport of Hohhot is named after Baita Pagoda.
- Da Zhao Temple ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), located in the centre of Guihua town. It was constructed in the Northern Yuan Dynasty and is the oldest Buddhist lama monastery in the city.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Temple of the Five Pagodas ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), located in the eastern part of Guihua town. It was completed in the Qing Dynasty, with architecture very similar to that of Indian temples.<ref name="Planet">Template:Cite book</ref> On its walls there are more than 1,500 figures of Buddha.
- Residence of Gurun Princess Kejing ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), located at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. It was the mansion of Gurun Princess Kejing of the Qing Dynasty, who was married to a Mongol prince.
- Residence of the General ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), located in the centre of Suiyuan town. It was the residence and office building of Suiyuan Generals of the Qing Dynasty.
- Great Mosque of Hohhot ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), located out of the northern gate of Guihua town. It was constructed during the Qing Dynasty.
- Inner Mongolia Museum ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}). Main exhibits include dinosaur fossils, historical artifacts of nomadic peoples, and the cultural life of modern nomadic peoples.
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The sculpture of "Milk Capital" symbol
- Early morning at a Mosque, Hohhot.jpg
Great Mosque of Hohhot
See alsoEdit
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BibliographyEdit
- Perkins (1999). Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture. Dorothy Perkins. 1st paperback edition: 2000. A Roundtable Press Book, New York, N.Y. Template:ISBN (pbk).
External linksEdit
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