Hohhot

Hohhot (呼和浩特 Pinyin: Huhéhàotè), occasionally spelled Huhehot, is the capital city of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

Population: 683,200 (1994)
Area: __ km²
Abbreviation: Hu City (Hu-shi)
GDP per capita: ¥11789 (ca. US$1420) in 2003, ranked no. 201 among 659 Chinese cities.
The name "Hohhot" is Mongolian for "a green city".

History
Until 1954, Hohhot had been called in China as Guisui (Guisui), or Kweisui, which is the acronym of the two districts of the city:
Guihua: Southeastern old section, business district, established as a town in the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty
Suiyuan: Northeastern "New Town", government district. Established in the 17th century by the Manchus.
The two sections later became Guihua District of the Qing Empire, renamed to Guisui County in 1913, and upgraded to a city in 1950.

It was the capital of the defunct Suiyuan Province.

Geography
Located in the southern central part of Inner Mongolia.

Administration
9 county-level banners, 20 street offices, 96 townships.

Demographics
11% Mongols, rest is mostly Han, with Korean, Hui, and Manchu minority.

Culture
Inner Mongolian University is in Hohhot.

Artifacts
There are over 50 sets of murals in southeastern Hohhot, including a "Horse-tending Image". Over 50 pre-modern Buddhist temples and towers.
Cemetery of Zhaojun dates back to the Han Dynasty.