Tongliao
Tongliao (Chinese: 通辽市; Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ Tüŋliyou qota, Mongolian Cyrillic: Тонляо хот) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is 59,535 square kilometres (22,987 sq mi) and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 in 2010). However, the city proper made of Horqin district, had 921,808 inhabitants. The city was the administrative centre of the defunct Jirem League (哲里木盟; ᠵᠢᠷᠢᠮ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ Jirim ayimaɣ).
Tongliao
通辽市 ᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | |
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Zhelimu Bridge | |
Location of Tongliao City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia | |
Tongliao Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates (Tongliao municipal government): 43°39′14″N 122°14′35″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
| Municipal seat | Horqin District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 58,862 km2 (22,727 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,516 km2 (1,358 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 1,444.2 m (4,738.2 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 2,873,168 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,437,489 |
| • Metro | 921,808 |
| • Metro density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-NM-05 |
| Website | tongliao |
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| Simplified Chinese | 通辽 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 通遼 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | "Through Liao" | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Тонляо хот | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||
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The original Mongolian name for Tongliao city proper (i.e. Horqin District) is Bayisingtu (Chinese: 白音泰赉; pinyin: Báiyīntàilài; lit. 'having buildings'), while the original name of the prefecture-level city is Jirem. The Mongolian dialect spoken in this area is Khorchin Mongolian.