A report on Baotou

The Deer monument in central Baotou City, Inner Mongolia
Badekar Monastery
Saihantalah Grasslands Park, central Baotou
Northern Weapons Park
Trip home for lunch, area rebuilt after the earthquake
Aobao Shrine
Bridge over the Yellow River
Baotou chariot and Yurt
Main airport road, Baotou
Students at Baotou Foreign Languages School playing soccer in the snow

Largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China.

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Inner Mongolia

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Landlocked autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.

Landlocked autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.

Persian miniature depicting Genghis Khan entering Beijing
The Northern Yuan at its greatest extent
Mongolia plateau during early 17th century
Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia within the Qing dynasty, c. 1820
Mongols stand in front of a yurt, 1912
Delegates of Inner Mongolia People's Congress shouting slogans
Inner Mongolian steppes
Topography of Inner Mongolia in China
Winter in Ulanbutan Grassland, Hexigten Banner
Theater in Hohhot
Inner Mongolia Gymnasium
Muslim-themed Street in Hohhot
A KFC in Hohhot, the capital, with a bilingual street sign in Chinese and Mongolian
Inner Mongolian carpet c. 1870
Temple of the White Sulde of Genghis Khan in the town of Uxin in Inner Mongolia, in the Mu Us Desert. The worship of Genghis is shared by Chinese and Mongolian folk religion.
Sign of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Jade dragon of the Hongshan culture (4700 BC – 2900 BC) found in Ongniud, Chifeng
Ulaanbutan grassland
Inner Mongolian grassland
Honorary tomb of Wang Zhaojun (born c. 50BC) in Hohhot
Fresco from the Liao dynasty (907–1125) tomb at Baoshan, Ar Horqin
Khitan people cooking. Fresco from the Liao dynasty (907–1125) tomb at Aohan
Remains of the city Khara-Khoto built in 1032. Located in Ejin Khoshuu, Alxa Aimag
Maidari Juu temple fortress ({{zh|labels=no |c=美岱召 |p=měidài zhào}}) built by Altan Khan in 1575 near Baotou
Newly built arch in front of the Maidari Juu temple fortress (1575)
Da Zhao temple (also called Ikh Zuu) built by Altan Khan in 1579
Badekar Monastery (1749) near Baotou, Inner Mongolia. Called Badgar Zuu in Mongolian
Five Pagoda temple (1727) in Hohhot
Badain Jaran temple (1868) in western Inner Mongolia
Genghis Khan Mausoleum (1954)
Genghis Khan Mausoleum (1954)
Alshaa mountain scenery
Alxa Western Monastery (Alshaa Baruun Hiid) built in 1756

Its capital is Hohhot; other major cities include Baotou, Chifeng, Tongliao and Ordos.

Hohhot

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Capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.

Capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.

Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda (Baita Pagoda) in Hohhot, 1942
People's Republic 10th Anniversary Parade in Hohhot
Map including Hohhot (labeled as KUEI-SUI) (AMS, 1963)
Huhhot and vicinities, LandSat-5 satellite image, 2005-07-12
A sign in Mongolian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Manchurian at the Dazhao temple in Hohhot.
The sculpture of "Milk Capital" symbol
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Its territories were between the Great Wall and Yin Mountains, and correspond to part of modern-day Hohhot, Baotou and Ulanqab prefectures in Inner Mongolia.

Yellow River

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Second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5464 km. Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province.

Second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5464 km. Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province.

The Yellow River Breaches its Course by Ma Yuan (1160–1225, Song dynasty)
The Yellow River as depicted in a Qing dynasty illustrated map (sections)
Historical courses of the Yellow River
Historical courses of the Yellow River
Chinese Nationalist Army soldiers during the 1938 Yellow River flood.
Zoigê County, Sichuan.
Guide County, Qinghai in the Tibetan Plateau, upstream from the Loess Plateau.
Near Xunhua, Qinghai.
Liujiaxia, Gansu.
At Lanzhou, Gansu
At Shapotou, Ningxia
Qiankun bend in Yonghe County
At Luoyang, Henan
The mouth of the Daxia River (coming from bottom right), flowing into the Yellow River's Liujiaxia Reservoir in Linxia Prefecture, Gansu
Expansion of the Yellow River Delta from 1989 to 2009 in five-year intervals.
Yellow River Delta
Liujiaxia Dam, Gansu
Sanmenxia Dam, Henan
Major cities along the Yellow River
Pontoon bridge (Luokou Pontoon Bridge ) over the Yellow River in Jinan, Shandong
The paradise fish is well known in the aquarium hobby and it originates from East Asian river basins, including the Yellow River
The Chinese pond turtle (shown) and Chinese softshell turtle are both native to the Yellow River, but also farmed in large numbers
Qikou town along Yellow River in Shanxi Province

Major cities along the present course of the Yellow River include (from west to east) Lanzhou, Yinchuan, Wuhai, Baotou, Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, and Jinan.

Ningxia

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Landlocked autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.

Landlocked autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.

The 108 stupas near Qingtongxia.
From a cable car running to the top of Helan Mountains.
View of Yinchuan looking east from top of Chengtian Temple Pagoda.
People's Square in Yinchuan.
Phoenix Tablet fountain in Yinchuan.
Wolfberry harvest celebration.
Yinchuan Hedong Airport
Tongxin Great Mosque, one of the oldest mosque in Ningxia. A famous cultural relic among the locals.
A tomb of the Western Xia

A railroad, linking Lanzhou with Baotou, crosses the region.

Yinchuan

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Capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty.

Capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty.

Map including Yinchuan
Satellite image of Yinchuan in 2005
Yinchuan railway station
Taizi Great Mosque
A mosque in Yinchuan.
Yinchuan Drum Tower

It is served by a river port at Hengcheng, about 15 km to the east. Until the 1950s the river, which is navigable downstream as far as Baotou in the Inner Mongolian autonomous region and upstream to Zhongwei and Zhongning, was the chief communication link.

Bayan Obo Mining District

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Mining town in the west of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China.

Mining town in the west of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China.

It is under the administration of Baotou City, the downtown of which is more than 120 km to the south.

The Baolan railway over the Yellow River at Sangyuanxia.

Baotou–Lanzhou railway

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The Baolan railway over the Yellow River at Sangyuanxia.

The Baotou–Lanzhou railway, also known as the Baolan line is a 995 km railway line that connects the cities of Baotou in Inner Mongolia to Lanzhou in Gansu Province.

Lieutenant General Ma Fuxiang

Ma Fuxiang

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Chinese military and political leader spanning the Qing Dynasty through the early Republic of China and illustrated the power of family, the role of religious affiliations and the interaction of Inner Asian China and the national government of China.

Chinese military and political leader spanning the Qing Dynasty through the early Republic of China and illustrated the power of family, the role of religious affiliations and the interaction of Inner Asian China and the national government of China.

Lieutenant General Ma Fuxiang
Ma Fuxiang
Ma Fuxiang and Gen. Wu Peifu
Chinese generals pay tribute to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Beijing in 1928 after the success of the Northern Expedition. From right to left, are Gen. Cheng Jin, Gen. Zhang Zuobao, Gen. Chen Diaoyuan, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, Gen. Woo Tsin-hang, Gen. Wen Xishan, Muslim Gen. Ma Fuxiang, Gen. Ma Sida and Muslim Gen. Bai Chongxi.
Ma Fuxiang
Ma Fuxiang
Ma Fuxiang's brother Ma Fushou, with Chiang Kai-shek.

Ma captured a Mongol separatist in Baotou and executed another Mongol prince who tried to declare himself emperor, a Buddhist monk named Ta-er Lilu-chi (Wu Daer Liufi).

Ordos City

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One of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China.

One of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China.

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Genghis Khan equestrian sculpture in Ordos City
Genghis Khan Mausoleum in the Ejin Horo Banner
Ordos Museum

It borders the prefecture-level divisions of Hohhot to the east, Baotou to the northeast, Bayan Nur to the north, Alxa League to the northwest, Wuhai to the west, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to its southwest, and the provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi to the south.

Lanzhou and the Zhongshan Bridge under construction in 1909 taken by Robert Sterling Clark

Lanzhou

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Capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China.

Capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China.

Lanzhou and the Zhongshan Bridge under construction in 1909 taken by Robert Sterling Clark
The West Gate of the old city wall in 1875. It has been demolished, although its busy neighborhood still bears its name.
Viceroy of Shaan-Gan and Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim in Lanzhou, 1908
View on Zhongshan Bridge from Baita Mountain Park
Xiguan Mosque after a Friday prayer
Gansu Provincial Museum
Lanzhou Center commercial complex
Headquarters of UNIDO-ISEC
Lanzhou Railway Station
Lanzhou West Railway Station
Lanzhou BRT
Lanzhou beef noodles
Lanzhou University

A line to the north and northeast, with direct service to Yinchuan and Baotou