Dolon Nor, also known as Dolonnur and previously as To-lun and Lama-Miao, is a

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and the county seat of

Duolun County Duolun County ( Mongolian: ; zh, s=多伦县) is a county of Inner Mongolia, China. It is under the administration of Xilingol League. Climate Duolun County has a dry, monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dwb''), with bitter ...

Xilin Gol League Xilingol League (also transliterated as Xilin Gol or Shiliin Gol; zh, s= ; , , , ) is one of the 3 leagues of Inner Mongolia. The seat is Xilinhot, and the area is . The league's economy is based on mining and agriculture. Xilingol borders ...

in the

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...

Autonomous region,

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. It is of historical importance because the remnants of

Shangdu Shangdu (; lit. "Upper Capital"; ), known in the West as Xanadu, was the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan. Located in what is now Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia, it was designed by Chinese architect Liu Bingzhong and served as ...

, the summer capital of

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and the following Mongol emperors of the

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(13th and 14th century), are located some 28 kilometers (17 miles) northwest of the modern town. Beginning in the 17th century, the Manchu emperors of the

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developed the city as a religious center.To-lun
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'', the city was described as follows: Another, longer description of the city is in writings of

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(1813–1860), a Frenchman who stayed there in 1845 on his way to Lhasa (which he reached after 18 months of travelling). In 1933, the town was the object of fighting between the Japanese and their Manchukuoan puppet troops and the

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References

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

See also

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