Hailar
海拉尔区 • ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ | |
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 Hulunbuir City Government | |
 Hailar in Hulunbuir | |
  Hailar Location in Inner Mongolia  Hailar Hailar (China) | |
| Coordinates (Hailar District government): 49°14′05″N 119°49′28″E / 49.2347°N 119.8245°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
| Prefecture-level city | Hulunbuir |
| District seat | Zhengyang Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,319.8 km2 (509.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 614 m (2,014 ft) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 365,012 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 021000 |
| Area code | 0470 |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 海拉爾區 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 海拉尔区 | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хайлаар Дүүрэг | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ | ||||||
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Hailar District, formerly a county-level city, is an urban district that serves as the seat of the prefecture-level city Hulunbuir in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China.[1] Hulunbuir, due to its massive size, is a city in administrative terms only, being mainly grassland and rural.
Long known as the "Pearl of the Grasslands", Hailar acts as a gateway between China and Russia. The district spans an area of 1,319.8 square kilometers,[1] and has an estimated population of 365,000 as of 2010.[2] The district serves as a regional center for commerce, trade, and transportation.