Horinger ( Mongolian: Қорин Гэр сиыан ''Qorin Ger siyan''; ) is a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 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 ...

North China North China, or Huabei () is a List of regions of China, geographical region of China, consisting of the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Part of the larger region of Northern China (''Beifang''), it lies north ...

, it is under the administration of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Hohhot Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.''The Ne ...

, the capital of Inner Mongolia, bordering

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

province to the southeast.

History

The site of

Shengle Shengle () was the capital of the Xianbei-led Dai state and the first capital of the Northern Wei dynasty in the 4th century. The ruins of ancient Shengle is located at present-day Xiyaozi and Tuchengzi village, Shengle Township of Horinger C ...

() to the northwest of the present-day county seat of Horinger was the capital of the

Xianbei The Xianbei (; ) were a Proto-Mongolic ancient nomadic people that once resided in the eastern Eurasian steppes in what is today Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Northeastern China. They originated from the Donghu people who splintered into the ...

Kingdom of Dai during the

Sixteen Kingdoms Period The Sixteen Kingdoms (), less commonly the Sixteen States, was a chaotic period in Chinese history from AD 304 to 439 when northern China fragmented into a series of short-lived dynastic states. The majority of these states were founded by ...

Chinese history The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the ''Book of Documents'' (early chapter ...

.900-year-old tombs discovered in N. China region
People's Daily, UPDATED: 13:56, May 04, 2006

Climate

Transport

China National Highway 209 China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Sonid Left Banner, Inner Mongolia to Beihai, Guangxi province. It is 3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot towards Shanxi province, Henan province, Hubei province, Hunan province, and ...

Inner Mongolia Provincial Highway 210 Interior may refer to: Arts and media * ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas * ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck * ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See * Interior de ...

* Fengzhun Railway *

Hohhot Shengle International Airport Hohhot Shengle International Airport () is an airport being built to serve Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China. Once completed it will replace the existing Baita International Airport as the city's main airpor ...

Economy

*GDP: RMB ￥7.82 billion in 2006 *Pillar industries: milk industry, wool industry, forestry, lamb and beef industry *

Mengniu China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited () is a Chinese manufacturing and distribution company of dairy products and ice cream. The company is headquartered in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia and manufactures dairy products under the ''Mengniu'' brand. In Ju ...

, the biggest manufacturer of dairy products in China, is based in Horinger.

Education

*At year-end of 2006, there are 46 primary and secondary schools and 4 kindergartens in the city. *Number of students enrolled at year-end of 2006: 655 in kindergartens, 10962 in primary schools, 10241 in junior high schools, 4417 in senior high schools. *Number of teachers at year-end of 2006: 1834 full-time teachers and staff *Percentage of children of the right age attending primary school in 2006: 100% *Percentage of primary school graduates entering a higher school in 2006: 100% *Percentage of junior high graduates entering a higher school in 2006: 83.59%

Health

*Number of medical entities at year-end of 2005: 14 *Number of health-care entities at year-end of 2005: 1 *Number of hospital beds at year-end of 2005: 178 *Number of medical doctors, registered nurses and medical technicians at year end of 2005: 230

External links

Official site of HuhhotHoringer

References

County-level divisions of Inner Mongolia {{InnerMongolia-geo-stub