Horqin District

Horqin
科尔沁区ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ
Liaohe River Park under Construction
Liaohe River Park under Construction
Tongliao divisions: Horqin is 1 on this map
Tongliao divisions: Horqin is 1 on this map
Horqin is located in Inner Mongolia
Horqin
Horqin
Horqin is located in China
Horqin
Horqin
Coordinates: 43°37′21″N 122°15′21″E / 43.62250°N 122.25583°E / 43.62250; 122.25583
CountryChina
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityTongliao
District seatYongqing Subdistrict
Area
 • Total
3,487 km2 (1,346 sq mi)
Elevation
179 m (587 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
921,808
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.keerqin.gov.cn
Horqin District
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese科尔沁区
Traditional Chinese科爾沁區
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKē'ěrqìn Qū
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicХорчин тоори
Mongolian scriptᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCQorčin toɣoriɣ

Horqin District (Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 科尔沁区) is an administrative district of the prefecture-level city of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China, and its seat of government.

The district was formed in January 1999 upon the creation of the prefecture-level city of Tongliao from the former Jirem League. The boundaries of the district is roughly coterminous with the core urban area of Tongliao.

The local Mongolian dialect spoken in the area is Khorchin Mongolian; most people in the district speak Mandarin Chinese (the most commonly spoken dialect is Northeastern Mandarin).

The Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities is located in the district; it was founded in 2000 as an amalgamation of the Inner Mongolia Normal College of the Nationalities, the Mongol Medicine College of Inner Mongolia, and the Jirem College of Animal Husbandry.