Zalantun
Sign in to saveZalantun (Manchu ' or ') or Zhalantun (; Mongolian: ), is a city and administrative division of Hulunbuir Prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia, China. It is in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia, in the southeastern foothills of the Greater Khingan mountains, bordering Heilongjiang province to the east. It is an area which has a number of forests and streams, as well as the Yalu River, not to be confused with the Yalu River on the Sino-Korean border. It is known for its hunting and fishing.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zalantun
- Settlement.other_name
- Cha-lan-t'un
- Settlement.nickname
- (Little Jiangnan of Saibei/Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tranquil village - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- ChinaHulunbuirZhalantun.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Zalantun in Hulunbuir
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Inner Mongolia#China
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- Location in Inner Mongolia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Inner Mongolia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hulunbuir
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Xinghua Subdistrict
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 16800.0
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Zalantun (Manchu ' or ') or Zhalantun (; Mongolian: ), is a city and administrative division of Hulunbuir Prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia, China. It is in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia, in the southeastern foothills of the Greater Khingan mountains, bordering Heilongjiang province to the east. It is an area which has a number of forests and streams, as well as the Yalu River, not to be confused with the Yalu River on the Sino-Korean border. It is known for its hunting and fishing.
==History== thumb|left|Map including Zalantun (labeled as Ya-lu (Cha-lan-t'un) (Army Map Service|AMS, 1951) Zalantun was formerly known as Butha (), and the city was made into an administrative centre in the Kangxi era. In 1929, Buteha was renamed as Yalu county () because the Yalu River runs through it, but in 1933 it became the Zalantun Banner (). In 1983, Zalantun ceased to be a banner and became a part of Hulunbuir, remaining so today.