Ulanqab
Ulanqab or Ulan Chab (Chinese: 乌兰察布; pinyin: Wūlánchábù; Mongolian: Ulaɣančab qota; Mongolian cyrillic.Улаанцав хот) is a region administered as a prefecture-level city in south-central Inner Mongolia, China. Its administrative centre is in Jining District, which was formerly a county-level city. It was established as a prefecture-level city on 1 December 2003, formed from the former Ulanqab League. The Ulanqab Stadium is located in the city.
Ulanqab
乌兰察布市 • ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠴᠠᠪ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | |
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Huanghuagou, a grassland scenic spot near Ulanqab | |
Location of Ulanqab City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia | |
Ulanqab Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates (Ulanqab government): 40°59′38″N 113°07′55″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
| Municipal seat | Jining District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 54,473.6 km2 (21,032.4 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2017) | 521.6 km2 (201.4 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,965.6 km2 (1,145.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,378 m (4,521 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 1,706,328 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 425,059 |
| • Urban density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 550,231 |
| • Metro density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 012000 |
| Area code | (0)474 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-NM-09 |
| Licence Plate Prefix | 蒙J |
| Website | wulanchabu |
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| Simplified Chinese | 乌兰察布 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏蘭察布 | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Улаанцав хот | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠴᠠᠪ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||
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Ulaan Chab city has an area of 54,473.6 square kilometres (21,032.4 sq mi). It borders Hohhot to the west, Mongolia to the north, Xilin Gol League to the northeast, Hebei to the east and Shanxi to the south. As of the 2020 census, its total population was, 1,706,328 inhabitants (2,143,590 in 2010) whom 550,231 inhabitants lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Jining District and Qahar Right Front Banner largely conurbated in its northern part.
The western part of Ulaan Chab used to be part of the now-defunct Chinese province of Suiyuan.