Olon Süme (or Olon Süme-yin Tor) is an archaeological site in northern
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 ...
of
Baotou
Baotou (; mn, Buɣutu qota, Бугат хот) is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is h ...
prefecture level city,
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
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. Since the 1930s the site has been identified as the northern capital of the medieval
Ongut
The Ongud (also spelled Ongut or Öngüt; Mongolian: Онгуд, Онход; Chinese: 汪古, ''Wanggu''; from Old Turkic ''öng'' "desolate, uninhabited; desert" plus ''güt'' "class marker") were a Turkic tribe that later became Mongolized ac ...
kings. A collection of small artefacts from the site was exhibited and published in Japan in 2003.
[''オロンスム－モンゴル 帝国のキリスト教遺跡 / Olon Süme : remains of Christendom in inner Mongolia'' (Yokohama: Yokohama Museum of EurAsian Cultures, 2003). C3022.] More recently the Chinese government has begun developing the site as a tourist destination.
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Archaeological sites in China
Tourist attractions in Baotou