Ulanhot
Ulanhot
乌兰浩特市 ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠣᠲᠠ | |
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Ulanhot Airport main terminal building | |
Ulanhot in Hinggan | |
| Coordinates (Ulanhot municipal government): 46°04′20″N 122°05′36″E / 46.0722°N 122.0933°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
| League | Hinggan |
| Municipal seat | Heping Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 772.0 km2 (298.1 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 86.10 km2 (33.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 356,035 | |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 265,600 |
| • Urban density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 137400 |
| Area code | 0482 |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌兰浩特 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏蘭浩特 | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Улаан хот | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 王爺廟 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王爷庙 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | prince temple | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Вангийн сүм | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠸᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ ᠰᠦᠮᠡ | ||||||
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Ulanhot is a county-level city and the administrative center of Hinggan League in the east of Inner Mongolia, China. Formerly known as Wangin Süm, the city became the first capital of Inner Mongolia, the first autonomous region in China, on 1 May 1947, until the regional capital moved to Zhangjiakou in late December 1949; the regional capital moved again in June 1952 to Hohhot, which remains the capital to this day.
The city is connected to Baicheng, Jilin by the Baicheng–Arxan railway (Chinese: 白阿铁路), which runs through the pass south of Ulanhot. China's National Highway 302 runs from Tumen, Jilin 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 Yilelite Airport (ICAO code ZBUL, IATA code HLH). Routes flown by Air China and Hainan Airlines connect Ulanhot with Beijing Capital International Airport and Hohhot.
Just outside the city is a tomb from the Yuan dynasty and a temple dedicated to Genghis Khan. The temple was constructed in 1940. In the year 2002 it received funds for significant expansion.