Hohhot

Hohhot is the capital and largest city of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It lies in the region’s south-central part and is a major center of administration, transport, and commerce.

Inner Mongolia: An autonomous region of northern China with a large Mongolian population and a long frontier with Mongolia and Russia. Hohhot is the region’s capital and largest city.
Altan Khan: A sixteenth-century Mongol ruler who founded Hohhot as a walled city. His founding of the city established Hohhot’s Mongolian urban origins.
Hohhot Baita International Airport: The principal airport serving Hohhot and surrounding parts of Inner Mongolia. It connects the regional capital with domestic and international destinations.
Zhaojun Tomb: A historic burial mound near Hohhot associated with Wang Zhaojun, a Han court woman sent to the Xiongnu in the first century BCE. The site embodies a prominent story of exchange between Han China and northern peoples.
Baotou: A major industrial city in western Inner Mongolia, situated near the Yellow River. Baotou is Hohhot’s principal urban counterpart in the region’s industrial corridor.
Hetao Plain: A fertile plain in the bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia and neighboring regions. The plain west of Hohhot connects the city to the Yellow River’s agricultural corridor.
Tümed: A Mongol group historically associated with the region around Hohhot. Tümed Mongols formed the local community around the city’s founding.
Hohhot railway station: A major railway station serving passenger and freight connections in Hohhot. Rail links make Hohhot a transport hub between northern China and the region.
Dazhao Temple: A Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Hohhot founded in the sixteenth century. It is among the city’s best-known religious landmarks and reflects its Mongolian Buddhist heritage.
Ordos City: A prefecture-level city in southwestern Inner Mongolia, known for its energy resources and grasslands. Ordos and Hohhot are neighboring economic centers in central Inner Mongolia.

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YinchuanCompared with: Hohhot offers a neighboring example of an autonomous-region capital with a distinct ethnic history.