Chifeng

Chifeng
赤峰市[a]
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Location of Chifeng City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Location of Chifeng City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Chifeng is located in Inner Mongolia
Chifeng
Chifeng
Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 42°15′18″N 118°52′57″E / 42.25500°N 118.88250°E / 42.25500; 118.88250 (Municipal Plaza)
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Municipal seat Xincheng District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city90,275 km2 (34,855 sq mi)
 • Urban
 [1]
7,012 km2 (2,707 sq mi)
 • Metro
6,125 km2 (2,365 sq mi)
Elevation
586 m (1,923 ft)
Population
 (2020 census[2])
 • Prefecture-level city4,035,967
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Urban
 [1]
1,460,381
 • Urban density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,175,391
 • Metro density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 186.1 billion
US$ 29.9 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 43,269
US$ 6,947
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
024000
Area code0476
ISO 3166 codeCN-NM-04
Licence plate prefixes蒙D
Websitewww.chifeng.gov.cn
Chifeng
Chinese name
Chinese赤峰
Hanyu PinyinChìfēng
Literal meaningred peak
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChìfēng
Bopomofoㄔˋ   ㄈㄥ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhChyhfeng
Wade–GilesCh'ih4-feng1
Yale RomanizationChr̀fēng
IPA[ʈʂʰɻ̩̂.fə́ŋ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicУлаанхад хот
Mongolian scriptᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠠᠳᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCUlaɣanqada qota

Chifeng[b], also known as Ulankhad in Mongolian, is a prefecture-level city in Southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol League to the north and west, Tongliao to the northeast, Chaoyang (Liaoning) to the southeast and Chengde (Hebei) to the south. The city has a total administrative area of 90,275 km2 (34,855 sq mi) and as of the 2020 census, had a population of 4,035,967 inhabitants (4,341,245 in 2010). However, 1,175,391 of those residents lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts of Hongshan and Songshan, as Yuanbaoshan is not conurbated yet.[2] However, a large part of Songshan district is still rural and Yuanbaoshan district a de facto separate town 27 kilometers away from the core district of Chifeng. The city was the administrative center of the previous Ju Ud League. [c]


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  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "China: Inner Mongolia (Prefectures, Leagues, Cities, Districts, Banners and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Archived from the original on 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  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.