Xilinhot

Xilinhot 锡林浩特
—  County-level city  —
锡林浩特市
Xilinhot Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 43°57′N 116°05′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Xilin Gol
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	026000
Area code(s)	0479
Website	http://www.xilinhaote.gov.cn/

Xilinhot (Mongolian: Шилийн хот, , Shili-yin hota; simplified Chinese: 锡林浩特; traditional Chinese: 錫林浩特; pinyin: Xīlínhàotè) is a county-level city which serves as the seat of government for the Xilin Gol league in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It has a jurisdiction area of 14,785 square kilometres (5,709 sq mi), and a population of 177,000, with 149,000 being in the Xilinhot urban area.

Geography

The elevation is about 990 metres (3,250 ft). The city is 610 and 620 kilometres (380 and 390 mi) from Beijing and Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, respectively.

Climate data for Xilinhot (1971–2000)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	−12.1 (10.2)	−7.5 (18.5)	1.6 (34.9)	12.9 (55.2)	20.6 (69.1)	25.4 (77.7)	27.6 (81.7)	25.8 (78.4)	20.0 (68.0)	11.3 (52.3)	0.0 (32.0)	−9.1 (15.6)	9.71 (49.47)
Average low °C (°F)	−23.9 (−11)	−20.9 (−5.6)	−12.2 (10.0)	−2.1 (28.2)	5.4 (41.7)	11.6 (52.9)	15.4 (59.7)	13.3 (55.9)	6.0 (42.8)	−2.5 (27.5)	−12.3 (9.9)	−20.2 (−4.4)	−3.53 (25.65)
Precipitation mm (inches)	2.2 (0.087)	2.1 (0.083)	5.3 (0.209)	6.8 (0.268)	23.2 (0.913)	45.0 (1.772)	89.0 (3.504)	70.2 (2.764)	23.7 (0.933)	11.3 (0.445)	5.3 (0.209)	2.5 (0.098)	286.6 (11.283)
% humidity	72	68	56	39	39	50	61	63	56	53	61	71	57.4
Avg. precipitation days	4.1	3.8	4.5	3.9	5.9	10.9	14.0	11.6	6.7	4.7	4.2	4.3	78.6
Sunshine hours	205.0	213.7	262.1	271.6	298.2	287.5	276.9	273.3	254.5	239.7	199.7	187.8	2,970.0
Source: China Meteorological Administration

Economy

In Xilinhot is a market of significance, where cattle is of particular importance.

Xilinhot is a big center for energy. They have both a massive coal mine on the edge of town and wind generating farms located nearby. We were told by the engineers located on-site that there were currently 200 individual turbines now, with another 200 to be built in the coming year. The current set of 200 turbines are operated by 7 different energy companies.

Culture and Tourism

The historic centre includes an artistic temple. The Naadam Festival, a Mongolian feast, is celebrated here every year. Naadam is a gathering of the Mongolian people for wrestling, horse trading, costume contests, horse racing, etc. It's their summer festival and is generally very colorful with costumes and colorful yurts set up to serve food and sell trinkets and supplies.

Mongolian culture is very prominent with pictures, tapestries and monumental statues of Genghis Khan in every home, shop and street corner.

Tourists can stay at nearby yurt resorts where there is a large yurt for dining surrounded by smaller individual yurts for sleeping. The surrounding countryside is rolling grasslands populated by Mongolians who have horses, sheep, goats and some cows. Meals consisted of mutton, beef, cabbages, and other fruit and vegetables.

Transportation

The city has an airport that has regular flights to Beijing from Air China and daily flights to Hohhot from Shandong Airlines. The K996/K736 Train connects Xilinhot with Hohhot and departs daily with the exception of Tuesdays and Saturdays.

• China National Highway 207

References in popular culture

In World War Z by Max Brooks, Xilinhot is the capital of the People's Republic of China after Beijing falls to the zombie hordes. It is later destroyed by a nuclear missile from the nuclear submarine Zheng He in order to end the civil war.

Xilinhot is visited by Alan, the protagonist of the cult post-apocalyptic novel Two Journeys.

External links

• Xilinhot Government Website
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