Hohhot

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

Hohhot
Prefecture-level city
City of Hohhot
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
• Mayor	Tang Aijun
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)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	2,866,615
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
• Urban	1,980,774
• Urban density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
• Metro	1,980,774
• Metro density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
• Major nationalities	Han - 87.16% Mongolian - 9.98%
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code	010000
Area code	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

Hohhot
Chinese name
Chinese	呼和浩特
Literal meaning	blue city or calling for peace, abundant, & unique
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hūhéhàotè Yue: Cantonese Jyutping fu1wo4hou6dak6
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic

Footnotes

1. "呼和浩特市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据" [Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China]. 内蒙古新闻网. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

Other websites

• Media related to Hohhot at Wikimedia Commons
• Hohhot government website Archived 2005-04-18 at the Wayback Machine