Ewenki Autonomous Banner or Evenk Autonomous Banner ( Evenki: ; Mongolian: ; zh, s=鄂温克族自治旗) is an autonomous banner that lies on the border between northwestern Greater Khingan and Hulun Buir grasslands and directly south of the urban district of Hailar in the

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Hulunbuir Hulunbuir or Hulun Buir, ''Hūlúnbèi'ěr''; , ''Khulunbuir'' is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Its administrative center is located at Hailar District, its largest urban area. Major scenic features are the high ...

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. The autonomous banner has an area of , and a population of 136,832 as of 2019. The banner's seat of government is the town of . The most populous town in the banner is , which was once Dayan Mining Area as an administrative division and is now the main part of an industrial district also named Dayan Mining Area, has an area of and a population of about 73,000.

Administrative divisions

The banner is divided into 4

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, 1 ethnic township, and 5

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. These subdivisions are further divided into 44 and 20 Residential Communities. The banner's seat of government is the town of Bayan Tohoi. Other: Bayan Tohoi Economic Development Zone (巴彦托海经济开发区)

Geography and Climate

The overwhelming majority of the banner's area is

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, although the banner also includes a sizable amount of woodlands. The banner experiences an average annual precipitation of , and an average annual temperature of .

Economy

A number of local state-run enterprises are located in Ewenki Autonomous Banner, many of which deal with natural resources such as

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and

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. These enterprises include Huaneng Yimin Coal and Electricity Company, which produces

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and

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electricity, Shenhua Dayan Energy Group, and Inner Mongolia Tongda Coal Industry Corporation. Ewenki Autonomous Banner's

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totaled 10.69273 billion

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(RMB) as of 2019, a 2.3% increase from 2018. Of this, 8.47% came from the autonomous banner's

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, 55.16% came from the secondary sector, and 36.37% came from the

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. In 2019, households in the autonomous banner earned an average annual

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of 33,168 RMB. The autonomous banner's urban households earned an average of 33,214 RMB in disposable income, ranking 58th out of the 101

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s in

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for which this statistic was reported; and rural households in the autonomous banner earned an average of 24,926 RMB in disposable income, ranking 9th out of the 90 county-level divisions for which this statistic was reported. Consumer retail sales in the autonomous banner totaled 2.06048 billion RMB as of 2019. As of 2019, there were 21,204 mobile telephone subscriptions in the Ewenki Autonomous Banner, accounting for 14.50% of its total population, and 29,769 internet subscriptions, accounting for 21.76% of its total population. In 2019, Ewenki Autonomous Banner earned 736.62 million RMB in public budget revenue, ranking 40th out of the 103 county-level divisions in Inner Mongolia.

Agriculture

Ewenki Autonomous Banner produced 49,145 tons of grain in 2019, ranking 71st out of the 96 county-level divisions in Inner Mongolia which for which this statistic was reported. In the same year, the autonomous banner produced 17,749 tons of meat, ranking 57th out of Inner Mongolia's 103 county-level divisions.

Demographics

As of 2019, the autonomous banner's population of 136,832 ranks 71st out of Inner Mongolia's 103

s. This total was a 0.7% decline from the previous year.

Ethnicity

The autonomous banner's government reported in 2013 that ethnic minorities within the banner totaled 58,843 people, accounting for 40.8% of the total population. In addition to the Han Chinese majority in the autonomous banner, sizable minority communities include the Evenki,

Mongol Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...

, Daur,

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, Hui, Korean, Oroqen, and Sibe people.

Education

The autonomous banner has 10

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s and 11

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Healthcare

As of 2019, Ewenki Autonomous Banner's medical institutions host 604 beds, and are staffed by 1,100 personnel.

Transport

Ewenki Autonomous Banner is served by of highway as of 2019. is crossed by the , the Harbin-Manzhouli railway, and highways G301 and G10. Hailar International Airport is the nearest airport.

Gallery

File:Dayan Town.jpg, Places in File:No.1 Colliery of Dayan in 1990s.jpg, No.1 Colliery of Dayan in 1990s File:Winter of Dayan Town.jpg, Winter of Dayan File:Evenki Museum.jpg, Ewenki Museum in the

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of File:呼伦贝尔市鄂温克旗红花尔基森林公园 - panoramio (2).jpg, Hongholji National Forest Park File:鄂温克族自治旗巴音塔拉达斡尔民族乡 - panoramio.jpg,

References

External links

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