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  Hohhot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hohhot (Chinese: 呼和浩特; Pinyin: 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.
Hohhot includes 9 counties and county-level banners, 2 sub-districts, and 96 townships.
Hohhot Baita International Airport serves the city and surrounding areas, and has a direct flight to Ulan Bator.
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 Hohhot
Hohhot (呼和浩特 Pinyin: Hūhéhàotè), occasionally spelled Huhehot, is the capital city of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China.
The name "Hohhot" is Mongolian for "a green city".
Until 1954, Hohhot had been called in China as Guisui (歸綏 Guīsuī), or Kweisui, which is the acronym of the two districts of the city:
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 Hohhot Travel Guide: Hohhot Hotel, Map, Climate, Pictures,Tour, Bus...
Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China, lies between the Yinshan Mountain and the Yellow River.
Hohhot, which is Mongolian for "green city", dates from 306 B.C. and throughout its long history has been an important cultural centre of the region.
Hohhot is an ideal place to relax away from modern day pressure thanks to the magnificent natural beauty of the Gegentala and Xilamuren Grasslands as well as fantastic cultural sites such as the Dazhao Temple, Five-Pagoda Temple and the Xilituzhao Palace.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/hohhot.htm   (359 words)

  
 Vacation in Hohhot China with Asian Vacations, Inc.
The city is known mostly as a stopping point for travellers who wish to sample the grasslands that can be found from 80 to 170km from the city or for those moving on to the Republic of Mongolia to the north.
Falling within a temperate zone, Hohhot belongs to a semi-arid climate that is characterized by little and uneven precipitation (between 50 and 450mm per annum).
The most famous specialties in Hohhot are the many meat dishes, with the focus mainly on mutton or lamb.
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Hohhot airport is located at the eastern side of Hohhot, 15km to the center of the downtown.
Hohhot is a city of colorful cultures and religions.
Hohhot is similar to other cities in China in that it offers many exciting opportunities for shopping; there are several large modern shopping malls and shopping centers.
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 Hohhot - Destination Guide - Hotel Near   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The temples are still here, and although it's now a major city, Hohhot manages to be an interesting blend of the old and the new, and a relatively green and leafy place in summer.
These days Hohhot is largely a Han city, though there is also a Hui and a Mongol presence; it's worthwhile tracking down the Mongol areas, not least to try some of their distinctive food.
Most of the historic buildings of Hohhot are crowded into the interesting old southwestern part of the city, where you can enjoyably spend the best part of a day simply ambling around.
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 History of Hohhot
Though Hohhot has a long settlement history dating as far back as 100 B.C., modern day Hohhot was established by the Mongols in the early 1500's.
By 1736, the Manchu's had built their own city in Hohhot which still remains as the "New City." The existence of two cities made Hohhot one of the "twin" cities that the Manchus often developed.
Being the hub of Tibetan Buddhism for the region, Hohhot was at one time known as "temple city" because of the more than 200 temples that were there.
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 AllRefer.com - Hohhot, China (Chinese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The terminus of caravan routes to Xinjiang and to the Republic of Mongolia, Hohhot is also connected by rail with Beijing and is a trade center for NW China.
The newer Chinese section, which grew around the railway station after 1921, is the administrative center.
Hohhot is the seat of Inner Mongolian Univ., a medical college, and several technical institutes.
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 Hohhot, Regent Tour China
Hohhot, a Mongolian word meaning "a green city", is the capital city of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Hohhot, lying at the southern foot of the great green mountain, is determined by a distinctive continental climate which is cold in winter and cool in summer with an annual precipitation around 400 mm.
Hohhot, featured with unique national characteristics, has many places of historical interest.
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 Pray for Hohhot
Hohhot is home to 2.4 million people from over 10 different unreached people groups including the Hui, Mongolians, Manchu, Ewenki, Daur and more.
As the capital of Inner Mongolia's Autonomous Region, Hohhot also serves as the regional hub for education and economic, scientific and technological development.
Steeped in traditional religions such as Tibetan Buddhism and Islam and held in bondage to Communism, Genghis Khan worship, alcoholism and apathy, the people of this city are waiting for
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 TConline: Fast facts: Hohhot, China, and Inner Mongolia
This horse atop the Mongolian Museum in Hohhot was removed in 1969 during rumors of a Mongolian uprising.
The area around Hohhot was a key position on the ancient Silk Road.
Hohhot is a key city as China develops the western part of the country.
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 Hohhot : Walking Tours | Frommers.com
Hohhot's most renowned temples, Dà Zhào, Xílìtú Zhào, and Wuta Sì, are in the oldest parts of town -- the Yùquán District in the southwest corner of the city.
Before long, every trace of the flat-topped mud and brick houses and storefronts that used to dominate this area will be gone; for a glimpse of the past, go now.
Like that one, Hohhot's Wu Ta Sì is the only remaining structure of a much larger temple complex that fell into disrepair.
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 Hohhot Municipal Intermediate People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After the court took the case, it organized a collegiate bench and opened a court session to hear the case without opening to the public.
The indictment of Huhehaote (Hohhot) Municipal People's Procuratorate has charged that Defendant, Hada, had planned and organized "Southern Mongolia Democratic League" which was a counter-revolutionary organization for the purpose to subvert the government, and to separate the country.
He had written some articles of which the contents were about the subversion of the government and separation of the country, organized the members to study, and published some illegal publication.
www.innermongolia.org /english/hohhot_municipal_intermediate_pe.htm   (1564 words)

  
 Hohhot : Introduction | Frommers.com
By 1579, Dà Zhào Temple, which still survives, was completed, and by 1590 the town of Hohhot (in Mandarin Huhéhàotè, or simply Hu Shì) had sprung up around it.
From the beginning, the city was both Mongolian and Hàn Chinese, and though the ratio has fluctuated wildly over 4 centuries, the population has always been culturally mixed.
Hohhot is a pleasant city with some good hotels, excellent restaurants, modern stores, and worthwhile sights.
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 Hohhot on 43 Places
Nonetheless, there is a fabulous museum in Hohhot that goes over the history of the nomads who once occupied the region, and additionally the city is filled with fake Mongol memorabilia, like concrete yurts at the racing track and Genghis Khan vodka.
Hohhot, located in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is a mix of standard Han China and Mongolian cultures.
For example, Mongolian writing and chinese characters exist side by side on most signs (I had no idea there was a written Mongolian language, let alone one as strikingly exotic as it turns out to be… see the attached photo for an example of their written language).
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 TConline: Hohhot: Winds of change
While his ‘wind’ was the Communist Party in the 1960s, a growing number of Christians pray for new winds – winds of God’s presence – to come to Hohhot, a city of 2.4 million in China’s Inner Mongolia region.
Often overlooked by visitors to China, Hohhot is China’s Wild West – a jumping off point to the outer limits of this enormous nation.
The need to reach the people of Hohhot with the gospel has never been greater, say Christians who are praying for the city.
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 Hohhot Hotel Specials   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jin Hui Hotel Hohhot is located in city centre, close to inner Mongolia TV station and 500 metres south to Xinhua Square.
Located in the centre of the city, Xincheng Hotel Hohhot is 2 kilometres away from railway station and 20 minutes drive from airport.
Discover Hohhot, Inner Mongolia’s capital, with its unique charm and attractions as the Holiday Inn Hohhot opens as the first hotel of international brand.
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 Inner Mongolia, Hohhot
It is located in Baita Village, 17 kilometers (10.6 miles) away from the downtown area of Hohhot.
Built in the Liao Dynasty (916 - 1125), the pagoda was a stupa for sutra storage in a Buddhist temple.
Besides words written in Chinese characters, some of them are written in letters of Qidan, Nuzhen, Mongolian and ancient Persian.
www.warriortours.com /cityguides/hohhot.htm   (192 words)

  
 Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China Tour
The center of Mongolian culture, it became a military and religious center in the later Ming (late 16th century) and Qing periods.
Now the political, cultural, and industrial center of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot is a center for wool and leather products, building materials, iron and steel production, and fertilizer plants.
the center of Inner Mongolia, south of the Daqingshan River, Hohhot is 410 km (254 miles) west of Beijing.
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 Hohhot Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
The small memorial pavilion (photo) is set on top of a hundred foot high mound, and there are gardens, steles, a Zhao Jun cave-shrine, and various other things to do and see.
It is brick-built (unlike Dazhao which is a wooden structure) and the main hall is a particularly attractive (perhaps unique?) building, having a Tibetan form with a Chinese roof (why?).
This lamasery was known as the gem of the Hohhot lamseries, and it was here that the fourth Dalai Lama, Yundanjiasuo, studied.
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 Hohhot Accommodation, Hotels in Hohhot - Octopus Travel
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 Don Croner's World Wide Wanders: China | Inner Mongolia | Hohhot
Hohhot, in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, was founded in the mid-sixteenth century by Altan Khan, leader of the Tumet Mongols and a descendant of Chingis Khan.
Build with the aid of Chinese refugees, it was the first permanent Mongol city to be built after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty in 1368.
Hohhot is now a city of about a million people, most of them Chinese.
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 Hohhot Travel Guide: Shopping in Hohhot
Hohhot displays special local products from all over Inner Mongolia.
These products can be bought at both fair and market, whilst special products can be bought from shopping centers.
It has the tastes of pear, apple, peach and banana, sweet and fragrant.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/inner_mongolia/hohhot/shopping.htm   (726 words)

  
 Hohhot Hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Description: Discover Hohhot, Inner Mongolia's capital, with its unique charm and attractions as the Holiday Inn Hohhot opens as the first hotel of international brand.
Featuring rooms that excel in function and restaurants that serves authentic cuisine, the Holiday Inn Hohhot is just 16 km from the airport and 3 km from the train station.
Description: The Zhaojun Hotel Hohhot is a modern 3-star tourist hotel jointly operated by the Hohhot Travel and Trade Development Co. and Hong Kong Cashion Investment Ltd. It is located in downtown Huhhot and is an ideal place to make travel and trade arrangements in Inner Mongolia.
www.chinaexpat.net /CityGuides/Hotels/HOHHOTHotels/HohhotHotels.html   (410 words)

  
 Hohhot, CHN Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hohhot, CHN Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News
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