Tongliao

Tongliao
通辽市
ᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Zhelimu Bridge
Zhelimu Bridge
Location of Tongliao City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Location of Tongliao City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Tongliao is located in Inner Mongolia
Tongliao
Tongliao
Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates (Tongliao municipal government): 43°39′14″N 122°14′35″E / 43.654°N 122.243°E / 43.654; 122.243
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Municipal seatHorqin District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city58,862 km2 (22,727 sq mi)
 • Metro
3,516 km2 (1,358 sq mi)
Elevation179 m (587 ft)
Highest elevation
1,444.2 m (4,738.2 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Prefecture-level city2,873,168
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,437,489
 • Metro
921,808
 • Metro density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
GDP[4]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 187.7 billion
US$ 30.1 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 60,128
US$ 9,654
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-NM-05
Websitetongliao.gov.cn
Tongliao
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese通辽
Traditional Chinese通遼
Literal meaning"Through Liao"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTōngliáo
Bopomofoㄊㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Wade–GilesT'ung1-liao2
IPA[tʰʊ́ŋ.ljǎʊ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicТонляо хот
Mongolian scriptᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCTüŋliyou qota

Tongliao[a] is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is 59,535 square kilometres (22,987 sq mi) and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 in 2010). However, the city proper made of Horqin district, had 921,808 inhabitants.[3] The city was the administrative centre of the defunct Jirem League.[b]

The original Mongolian name for Tongliao city proper (i.e. Horqin District) is Bayisingtu (Chinese: 白音泰赉; pinyin: Báiyīntàilài; lit. 'having buildings'), while the original name of the prefecture-level city is Jirem. The Mongolian dialect spoken in this area is Khorchin Mongolian.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sohu peak was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ a b "China: Inner Mongolia (Prefectures, Leagues, Cities, Districts, Banners and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  4. ^ 内蒙古自治区统计局、国家统计局内蒙古调查总队 (2016). 《内蒙古统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7901-5.


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