Hohhot travel guide

}) |- | Area - Total - Urban center Elevation | 17,000 km² (6,600 sq mi) 149 km² (57.5 sq mi) 1,065 m (3,494 ft) |- | Population - Total - Urban center | 2,580,000 (2004) 1,520,000 (2004) |- | GDP - Total - Per Capita | ¥90 billion (2006) ¥ 34,710 (2006) |- | Major Nationalities | Han, Mongol, Manchu, Hui |- | County-level divisions | 10 |- | Township-level divisions | 116 |- | CPC Committee Secretary | Han Zhiran (韩志然) |- | Mayor | Tang Aijun (汤爱军) |- | City Flower | 丁香 |- | City Tree | 油松 |- | Regional dialect | Jin: Hushihua (呼市话) |- | Area code | 471 |- | Postal Code | 010000 |- | License Plate Prefix | 蒙A |}
Hohhot (呼和浩特; Hūhéhàotè; Mongolian: Хөх хот), occasionally spelled Huhehot or Huhhot, is the capital city of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. The name "Hohhot" (Хөх хот) is Mongolian for "Blue City". The city dates back to the Ming Dynasty, and was chosen as Inner Mongolia's capital in 1947 over Baotou and replacing Zhangjiakou. Commonly referred to as "Hu-shi", Hohhot is one of the major tourist destinations of Inner Mongolia. (...) more....