Ulanhot ( mn, ; ), formerly known as Wangin Süm, alternatively Wang-un Süme, Ulaγanqota (Red City) in
Classical Mongolian
Classical Mongolian was the literary language of Mongolian which was first introduced shortly after 1600, when Ligdan Khan set his clergy the task of translating the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist canon, consisting of the Kanjur and Tanjur, int ...
, is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
and the administrative center of
Hinggan League
The Hinggan League (; mn, tr. ''Hinggan Aimag'', Mongol Cyrillic: Хянган аймаг) is a prefecture-level subdivision of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It borders Hulun Buir to the nort ...
in the east of the
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 ...
autonomous region
An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, entity, unit, region, subdivision, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or internal territory of a sovereign state that has a degree of autonomy ...
of China. Formerly known as Wangyehmiao or Wangyemiao (), the city became the first capital of Inner Mongolia, the first autonomous region in China, on 1 May 1947,
until the regional capital moved to
Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the south ...
in late December 1949; the regional capital moved again in June 1952 to
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 N ...
, which remains the capital to this day.
The city is connected to
Baicheng, Jilin by the Baicheng–Arxan railway (), which runs through the pass south of Ulanhot. China's National Highway 302 runs from
Tumen, Jilin
Tumen (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 도문; Hangul: 투먼) is a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, eastern Jilin province, Northeast China. Of its 136,000 inhabitants, approximately 78,000 (or 57%) are of Korean descent. The two offi ...
to Ulanhot. In the
7918 Network of Highways it will be on the route from Hunchun to Ulanhot . The city is also served by
Ulanhot Yilelite Airport
Ulanhot Yilelite Airport is an airport in Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia, China .
Airlines and destinations