Horinger (

Mongolian Mongolian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Mongolia, a country in Asia * Mongolian people, or Mongols * Bogd Khanate of Mongolia, the government of Mongolia, 1911–1919 and 1921–1924 * Mongolian language * Mongolian alphabet * ...

: ; zh, s=和林格尔县) is a

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a small section of C ...

North China North China () is a list of regions of China, geographical region of the People's Republic of China, consisting of five province-level divisions of China, provincial-level administrative divisions, namely the direct-administered municipalities ...

, it is under the administration of the

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

Hohhot Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the Capital (political), capital of Inner Mongolia in the North China, north of the China, People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrativ ...

, the capital of Inner Mongolia, bordering

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

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, in the town of , in Horinger Cou ...

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

Xianbei The Xianbei (; ) were an ancient nomadic people that once resided in the eastern Eurasian steppes in what is today Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Northeastern China. The Xianbei were likely not of a single ethnicity, but rather a multiling ...

Kingdom of Dai during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period of

Chinese history The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Y ...

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

Administrative divisions

Horinger County is made up of 4

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 4

townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

. Others: * Shengle Economic Industrial Park (盛乐经济工业园区, ) * Inner Mongolia Horinger New Area (内蒙古和林格尔新区, )

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 * Fengzhun Railway * Hohhot Shengle International Airport

Economy

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

Mengniu Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Limited by Share Ltd. () 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 '' ...

, 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

References

External links

Official site of HuhhotHoringer
County-level divisions of Inner Mongolia Long stubs with short prose {{InnerMongolia-geo-stub