Baotou

Baotou
包头市 • ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Paotow
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Location of Baotou City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Location of Baotou City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Baotou is located in Inner Mongolia
Baotou
Baotou
Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Baotou is located in China
Baotou
Baotou
Baotou (China)
Coordinates (Baotou municipal government): 40°37′17″N 109°57′12″E / 40.6213°N 109.9532°E / 40.6213; 109.9532
Country China
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
County-level divisions10 Banners
Municipal seatJiuyuan District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city27,768 km2 (10,721 sq mi)
 • Urban
247.14 km2 (95.42 sq mi)
 • Metro
953.5 km2 (368.1 sq mi)
Elevation
1,065 m (3,494 ft)
Population
 (2023 census)[1] [2]
 • Prefecture-level city2,761,700
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,283,700
 • Urban density9,200/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,418,200
 • Metro density2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
 • Major ethnic groups
Han - 94%
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 426.3 billion
US$ 60.5 billion
PPP$ 106.8 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 155,050
US$ 22,003
PPP$ 38,859
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code
014000
Area code472
ISO 3166 codeCN-NM-02
License plate prefixes蒙B
Local DialectJin (Baotou dialect); Northeastern Mandarin; Southern Mongolian
Websitewww.baotou.gov.cn
Baotou
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese包头
Traditional Chinese包頭
PostalPaotow
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBāotóu
Bopomofoㄅㄠ ㄊㄡˊ
Wade–GilesPao1-t'ou2
IPA[páʊ.tʰǒʊ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicБугaт хот
Mongolian scriptᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ

Baotou[a] is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (or metro) area made up of its 5 urban districts is home to 2,261,089 people with a total population of 2,709,378 accounting for counties under its jurisdiction.[4] The city's namesake, literally translated to "place with deer", is of Mongolic origin or "Lucheng" (Chinese: 鹿城; pinyin: Lùchéng), meaning "City of Deer".[5] Alternatively Baotou is known as the "City of Steel in Gobi" (草原钢城; Cǎoyuán Gāngchéng). Steel was a major industry in the city. Today, Baotou refines over half of the rare-earth minerals produced in the world. This has led to environmental contamination near the industrial sites.

  1. ^ "Baotou Geography Summary, 中共内蒙古自治区委党史和地方志研究室".
  2. ^ "China: Inner Mongolia (Prefectures, Leagues, Cities, Districts, Banners and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "China: Inner Mongolia (Prefectures, Leagues, Cities, Districts, Banners and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  5. ^ "Baotou". subsites.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 29 October 2021.


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