Bailingmiao (also known as Pailingmiao, Bat Khaalga, or Bathahalak) is a small settlement of 705 people in

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

, China. It is located in the

Darhan Muminggan United Banner Darhan Muminggan United Banner ( Mongolian: Дарқан Муумиңған Қолбоғату қосиғу ''Darqan Muumiŋghan Qolboghatu qosighu''; ) is a banner of west-central Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the a ...

, about northeast of Baotou. From 1934 to 1936 it served as the seat of the

Mongol Local Autonomy Political Affairs Committee The Mongol Local Autonomy Political Affairs Committee (蒙古地方自治政務委員會), also referred to as the Pailingmiao Council or Peilingmiao Council, was a political body of ethnic Mongols in the Chinese Republic. The Nationalist governm ...

. In November 1936 it was the site of a battle in the Suiyuan Campaign. The town has recently been studied as a location for possible

wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ...

s. The town has two primary schools: Primary School #1 (established in 1958) and Primary School #2.

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Populated places in Inner Mongolia {{InnerMongolia-geo-stub