Yuquan, Hohhot
District in Inner Mongolia, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yuquan District (Mongolian: ᠢᠦᠢ ᠴᠢᠦᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 玉泉区) is one of four districts of the prefecture-level city of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, North China.
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Yuquan
玉泉区 • ᠢᠦᠢ ᠴᠢᠦᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ | |
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Coordinates: 40°45′13″N 111°40′26″E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
Prefecture-level city | Hohhot |
District seat | Zhaojun Road Subdistrict |
Area | |
• Total | 179.3 km2 (69.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,036 m (3,399 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 524,573 |
• Density | 2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 玉泉区 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 玉泉區 | ||||||
Literal meaning | jade spring | ||||||
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Mongolian Cyrillic | Юйчюань тойрог | ||||||
Mongolian script | ᠢᠦᠢ ᠴᠢᠦᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ | ||||||
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Yuquan means "The spring as beautiful as jade" in Chinese, it was named after a spring nearby Dazhao Temple. The north side of Yuquan District is the old town of Guihua, the middle area was built in 1950-1980s, the south side was built after 1990s. The new campus of the University of Inner Mongolia is in the south side.