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Zalantun
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Also known as Zhalantun, Zhalantun City, Zalantun City

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.

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
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Inner Mongolia
Settlement.subdivision_type
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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Wikidata facts

Official name
ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ ᠠᠢ᠌ᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Country
China
Population
318933
Area
16784.63
Elevation
1400
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Official website
mgl.zhalantun.gov.cn
Image
Tranquil village - panoramio.jpg
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postal code
162600
Commons category
Zhalantun
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Climate
  • Economy
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zalantun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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