Hohhot Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Hohhot
Prefecture-level city
City of Hohhot
Hohhot Central Square
Hohhot (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange) and China
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
County-level divisions	10
Township divisions	116
Established	1580
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	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code	010000
Area code(s)	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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Hohhot

Chinese name

呼和浩特

Literal meaning

blue city or calling for peace, abundant, & unique

Mongolian name

Mongolian Cyrillic

Hohhot, also Huhehot or Huhhot, is the capital of Inner Mongolia. It is the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre.

Images for kids

Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda (Baita Pagoda) in Hohhot, 1942
People's Republic 10th Anniversary Parade in Hohhot
Map including Hohhot (labeled as KUEI-SUI) (AMS, 1963)
Huhhot and vicinities, LandSat-5 satellite image, 2005-07-12
A sign in Mongolian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Manchurian at the Dazhao temple in Hohhot.