Saihan District (

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: , zh, s=赛罕区) is one of the four

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of the

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, the capital of

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, China. It was established in July 1999 and is located in the southeast of the city center and covers a total area of 1025.2 square kilometres, bordering Xincheng District to the north, Yuquan District to the west, Horinger County to the south, and the

Ulanqab Ulanqab or Ulan Chab ( zh, s=乌兰察布, p=Wūlánchábù; ''Ulaɣančab qota-means in Mongolian Ulaan-red, Tsab/tsav is-hills''; Mongolian Cyrillic: Улаанцав хот) is a region administered as a prefecture-level city in south-centr ...

counties of Liangcheng and Zhuozi to the east. The population of the district is 572,000, 383,000 of whom live in the urban core; the remaining population live in the vast agricultural area included within the district. The district houses the cities seat of government, and a number of important cultural sites, including the nationally protected Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda and

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. It also houses the international airport for Hohhot,

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and Hohhot East railway station; one of two major railway stations in the city. The HQ for the Hohhot Metro is located near the Houbutaqi station within the district.

Administrative divisions

Saihan District is made up of 8

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and 3

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. Other: * Jinqiao Economic-Technological Development Area (, )

Transport

Airports

is located in Saihan District, and takes its name from the nearby Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda located in the rural east of the district.

Metro

Saihan is currently served by two lines and seven stations of the Hohhot Metro. * -

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, Dongyinglu, Inner Mongolia Exhibition Hall, Inner Mongolia Museum,

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, Houbutaqi, Shilandai, Baita West HET, Bayan (Airport) HET * - Shuaijiaying, Lamaying, A'ershanlu

References

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