Ulan Hot
Encyclopedia
Ulanhot
Ulaγanqota
Literal Translation Red town

Location of Hinggan League
Demographics
City Population: 167,145 people
Administration
League
Leagues of Inner Mongolia
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Hinggan League
Region
Autonomous regions of China
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Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...

Nation
Nation
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People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Misc.
Acting Mayor
Acting Mayor
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Telephone Code: 482


Ulan Hot , formerly known as Wangyehmiao is a county-level city and the administrative center of Hinggan League in the East of Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...

 autonomous region
Autonomous regions of China
An autonomous region is a first-level administrative subdivision of People's Republic of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but an autonomous region theoretically has more legislative rights. An Autonomous Region is a minority entity which has a...

. Between the years 1947 and 1950, Ulanhot was the capital of Inner Mongolia Region. In 1950, the capital moved to Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou, also known also by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province of North China, adjacent to Beijing to the southeast. Its administrative area has a population of 4.35 million, and covers...

 and then again in 1952 it moved to Hohhot
Hohhot
Hohhot , is a city in north-central China and the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre....

, which remains the capital to this day.

The city is connected to Baicheng, Jilin
Baicheng
-Administrative divisions:-Economy:Textile industry is one of the main pillars of the economy.Agriculture of the area is centred on plantation of soy beans and oil plants.-Traffic:...

 by the Baicheng−Arxan railway (白阿铁路), which runs through the pass south of Ulanhot. China's National Highway 302 runs from Tumen, Jilin
Tumen, Jilin
Tumen is a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, eastern Jilin province, Northeast China. Of its 136,000 inhabitants, approximately 78,000 are of Korean descent. The two official languages are Chinese and Korean. Tumen is separated from Namyang of North Hamgyong province of...

 to Ulanhot. In the 7918 Network of Highways it will be on the route from Hunchun to Ulanhot . The city is also served by Ulanhot Airport
Ulanhot Airport
Ulanhot Airport is an airport in Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China .-Airlines and destinations:...

 (ICAO code ZBUL, IATA code HLH). Routes flown by Air China
Air China
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 and Hainan Airlines
Hainan Airlines
Hainan Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in the HNA Development Building in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. It is the largest privately-owned air transport company and the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in the People's Republic of China...

 connect Ulanhot with Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport, is the main international airport serving Beijing, China. It is located northeast of Beijing's city center in an enclave of Chaoyang District that is surrounded by rural Shunyi District. The airport is owned and operated by the Beijing Capital...

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Just outside the city is a tomb from the Yuan dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was a ruling dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an...

 and a temple dedicated to Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....

. The temple was constructed in 1940. In the year 2002 it received funds for significant expansion.
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