Xilinhot
Sign in to saveXilinhot (Mongolian: 40px; ) is a county-level city that serves as the prefectural seat of government for the Xilingol League in Inner Mongolia, China. In 2010, it has a jurisdiction area of and a population of 245,886; 149,000 people live in the Xilinhot urban area.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Xilinhot
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- •
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
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- City Center of Xilinhot
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- China Inner Mongolia#China
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- Location in Inner Mongolia
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- Country
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- China
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- Autonomous region
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- Inner Mongolia
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- League
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- Xilingol
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Xar Tal Subdistrict
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- Incorporated (County-level city)
- Settlement.established_date2
- 10 October 1983
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 997
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
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Xilinhot (Mongolian: 40px; ) is a county-level city that serves as the prefectural seat of government for the Xilingol League in Inner Mongolia, China. In 2010, it has a jurisdiction area of and a population of 245,886; 149,000 people live in the Xilinhot urban area.
==History== During the Ming dynasty, the elder brother of Genghis Khan lived in Xilinhot area. As a result, the local Mongols were called Abganar, because Abgal in Mongolian means paternal uncle. When in the first half of the 17th century the Mongols submitted to the Manchu, the Abganar territories were divided into two banners: Abganar-Tszoitsi (Abganar left wing) and Abganar-Yuitsi (Abganar right wing). These wings were commanded by men in the rank of princes beile. The Abgal () and Hotsit () tribes also lived in the area. Xilinhot was renamed Beizi Temple () after the Qianlong Emperor built the Beizi Temple in 1743. Today, the Beizi temple is one of the largest temples on the Xilin Gol grassland.