Plain Blue Banner
(
Mongolian: , ; zh, s=正蓝旗), alternatively Zhenglan Banner in Chinese or Xulun Hoh Banner in Mongolian, is a
banner
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of
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. ...
, China, bordering
Hebei
Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...
province to the south. It is under the administration of
Xilin Gol League.
Xanadu or Yuan Shangdu, one of the capitals of the Yuan dynasty, was located here. Today the ruins of Yuan Shangdu are listed as
UNESCO world heritage site
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and are open to the public.
Demographics
Administrative divisions
Plain Blue Banner is divided into 3
towns
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 4
sums
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.
Climate
The area has a cold semi arid climate (Koppen: BSk).
See also
*
Plain Blue Banner
References
www.xzqh.org
Banners of Inner Mongolia
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