Zalantun

Zalantun
扎兰屯市ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ ᠠᠢ᠌ᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Cha-lan-t'un
Nickname: 
塞北小江南 (Little Jiangnan of Saibei/Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall)
Zalantun in Hulunbuir
Zalantun in Hulunbuir
Zalantun is located in Inner Mongolia
Zalantun
Zalantun
Location in Inner Mongolia
Zalantun is located in China
Zalantun
Zalantun
Zalantun (China)
Coordinates: 48°01′37″N 122°42′29″E / 48.027°N 122.708°E / 48.027; 122.708
CountryChina
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityHulunbuir
Municipal seatXinghua Subdistrict
Area
 • County-level city16,800.0 km2 (6,486.5 sq mi)
 • Urban
385.00 km2 (148.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • County-level city318,933
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
 • Urban134,400
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
162650
Area code0470
Websitewww.zhalantun.gov.cn
Zalantun
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese扎蘭屯
Simplified Chinese扎兰屯
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhālántún
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicЖалан-Айл хот
Mongolian scriptᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ ᠠᠢ᠌ᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCJalan Ayil qota

Zalantun (Manchu J̌alan Ai"l or Jalan Tun) or Zhalantun (Chinese: 扎兰屯; Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ ᠠᠢ᠌ᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ), is a city and administrative division of Hulunbuir Prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia, China. It is in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia, in the southeastern foothills of the Greater Khingan mountains, bordering Heilongjiang province to the east. It is an area which has a number of forests and streams, as well as the Yalu River, not to be confused with the Yalu River on the Sino-Korean border. It is known for its hunting and fishing.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ Inner Mongolia: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties