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Ulanqab Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Inner Mongolia Region , In Chinese [乌兰察布市]

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Administrative Division Code : 150900;
Post Code : 012000;
Phone Area Code :0474
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 蒙J
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 150900
Area Coverage: 54491 square kilometers;
Population : 2,700,000 persons;
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The adminitrative division form of Ulanqab is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Ulanqab Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Jining District集宁区Jining QuDistrict
2Fengzhen City丰镇市Fengzhen ShiCity
3Liangcheng County凉城县Liangcheng XianCounty
4Xinghe County兴和县Xinghe XianCounty
5Shangdu County商都县Shangdu XianCounty
6Huade County化德县Huade XianCounty
7Zhuozi County卓资县Zhuozi XianCounty
8Siziwang Banner四子王旗Siziwang QiBanner
9Chahar Right Rear Banner察哈尔右翼后旗Chaha'er
10Chahar Right Middle Banner察哈尔右翼中旗Chaha'
11Chahar Right Front Banner察哈尔右翼前旗Chaha'er
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Ulaan Chab ( Ulaɣančab; Chinese: 烏蘭察布; Pinyin: Wūlánchábù) is a region administered as a prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia, China. Its administrative centre is in Jining District, which was formerly a county-level city. It was founded on December 1st, 2003, from Ulanqab league. Ulaan Chab city has an area of 54,491 km2. It borders Hohhot to the west, Mongolia to the north, Xilin Gol League to the northeast, Hebei to the east and Shanxi to the south.







At the end of 2004, Ulanqab had 2.7 million inhabitants, among whom Mongolians are 78,000, taking up 3.5%. Han Nationality has more population with other nationalities such as Hui, Manchu, Daher, Korean, Ewenki, Miao, Tibetan totalling 20 nationalities. Ulann Chab total area covers 55,000 Square Km. Since the 1990s, the old land of Ulanqab has received a new era. The performance of Market Economy offers an unprecedented developing opportunity to Ulanqab and opens a new world to Ulanqab.The western part of Ulaan Chab used to be part of the now defunct Chinese province of Suiyuan. Ulanqab is in the south of Inner Mongolia Plateau. It is for the most part mountain range, mainly Yinshan mountain. It is 1100—1500 meters above the sea level.







Ulanqab League includes 1 Municipality, 6 banners, 11 counties totally 18 County-class regions, namely Jining, Maominan, Siziwang, Tumote, Qahar, Fengzhen, Liangcheng, Helinger, Qingshuihe, Wuchuan, Zhuozi, Xinghe, Tuoketuo, Salaqi, Guyang, Wudong counties etc.







Being favorable location, the Ulanqab has more developed transportation. There are four railways named jing-Bao, Ji-Er, Ji-Tong and Feng-zhun in Ulanqab and crossing the municipality. A new high speed railway from Jining to zhangjiakou will be constructed soon. The total road opened to traffic has nearly reached 7000 km which has formed a transportation network in which the 110, 208 and Jing-Hu expressway as well as Hu-Hai road are the main road. The Jining, where the government body of the municipality is located, is a cross point and a communications hub which connects to North East, North China and North West and an important international channel to Mongolia, Russia and east Europe.

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