Hohhot

Hohhot 呼和浩特
—  Prefecture-level city  —
City of Hohhot · 呼和浩特市
Hohhot Central Square
Hohhot (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange) and China
Hohhot Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 40°49′N 111°39′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 (韩志然)
• Mayor	Tang Aijun (汤爱军)
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)
• Prefecture-level city	2,866,615
• Density	166.431/km2 (431.055/sq mi)
• Urban	1,980,774
• Urban density	917.87/km2 (2,377.3/sq mi)
• Metro	1,980,774
• Metro density	917.87/km2 (2,377.3/sq mi)
• Major nationalities	Han - 87.16% Mongolian - 9.98%
Time zone	China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Postal code	010000
Area code(s)	471
License plate prefixes	蒙A
GDP (2008)	CNY 131.6 billion
- per capita	CNY 51,016
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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Hohhot
Chinese:	呼和浩特
Literal meaning:	blue city or calling for peace, abundant, & unique
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Hūhéhàotè Yue (Cantonese) - Jyutping: fu1wo4hou6dak6

Hohhot (Mongolian: , Chinese: 呼, abbreviated Hū Shì (Chinese: 呼); also romanized as Huhehot or Huhhot) is the capital of Inner Mongolia. It is the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre.

Other websites

• Media related to Hohhot at Wikimedia Commons
• Hohhot government website