Xilingol League

Xilingol League
Xilingol League
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	錫林郭勒
Simplified Chinese	锡林郭勒
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xílínguōlè
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Шилийн Гол аймаг
Mongolian script	ᠰᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
SASM/GNC
Transcriptions
SASM/GNC	Sili-yin Ɣool ayimaɣ

Xilingol League

锡林郭勒盟 • ᠰᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟 • ᠰᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
League
	Dinosaur statue in Erenhot
	Xilingol (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange) and China
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Area
• Total	211,866 km2 (81,802 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,028,022
• Density	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	152500
Area code	0479
Licence plate prefixes	蒙H
Website	http://www.xlgl.gov.cn/

Template:Chinese text Xilingol or Xilinguole is one of 12 prefecture level divisions of Inner Mongolia. The seat is Xilinhot, while the area is 202,580 km² (78,220 sq mi). The league's economy is based on mining and agriculture.

Xilingol borders Mongolia to the north, Chifeng, Tongliao and Hinggan League to the east, Ulanqab to the west and Hebei to the south.

Demographics

In 2000, there were 975,168 inhabitants:

Ethnic group	no. of inhabitants	share
Han	651,174	66.78%
Mongols	284,995	29.23%
Manchu	26,687	2.74%
Hui	11,009	1.13%
Daur	784	0.08%
Other	519	0.04%

Administrative Subdivisions

Xilin Gol is divided into two county-level cities, one county and nine banners:

Map

#	Name	Mongolian	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Xilinhot City	ᠰᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Sili-yin qota)	锡林浩特市	Xīlínhàotè Shì	245,886	15,758	10
2	Erenhot City	ᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Eriyen qota)	二连浩特市	Èrliánhàotè Shì	74,197	450	44
3	Duolun County	ᠳᠣᠯᠣᠨᠨᠤᠤᠷ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (Dolonnuur siyan)	多伦县	Duōlún Xiàn	100,893	3,773	27
4	Abag Banner	ᠠᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Abaɣ-a qosiɣu)	阿巴嘎旗	Ābāgā Qí	43,574	27,495	1
5	Sonid Left Banner	ᠰᠥᠨᠡᠳ ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Söned Jegün qosiɣu)	苏尼特左旗	Sūnítè Zuǒ Qí	33,652	33,469	1
6	Sonid Right Banner	ᠰᠥᠨᠡᠳ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Söned Baraɣun qosiɣu)	苏尼特右旗	Sūnítè Yòu Qí	71,063	26,700	3
7	East Ujimqin Banner	ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠤᠵᠤᠮᠤᠴᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ ( Jegün Ujumučin qosiɣu)	东乌珠穆沁旗	Dōng Wūzhūmùqìn Qí	93,962	47,554	1
8	West Ujimqin Banner	ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠤᠵᠤᠮᠤᠴᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Baraɣun Ujumučin qosiɣu)	西乌珠穆沁旗	Xī Wūzhūmùqìn Qí	87,614	22,960	3
9	Taibus Banner	ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠫᠤᠰᠧ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Tayipusė qosiɣu)	太仆寺旗	Tàipúsì Qí	112,339	3,415	59
10	Bordered Yellow Banner	ᠬᠥᠪᠡᠭᠡᠲᠦ ᠰᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Köbegetü Sir-a qosiɣu)	镶黄旗	Xiānghuáng Qí	28,450	4,960	6
11	Plain and Bordered White Banner	ᠰᠢᠯᠤᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠥᠪᠡᠭᠡᠲᠦ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Siluɣun Köbegetü Čaɣan qosiɣu)	正镶白旗	Zhèngxiāngbái Qí	54,443	6,083	12
12	Plain Blue Banner	ᠰᠢᠯᠤᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Siluɣun Köke qosiɣu)	正蓝旗	Zhènglán Qí	81,967	9,963	8

Demonstrations in 2011

After the alleged murder of a Mongolian herder, Mergen, by a Chinese truck driver who was blocking the way for Chinese coal trucks to pass through his pasture on May 10, 2011. Protests with some thousand protestors broke out in Xilingol.^[1] To prevent the spreading of protests, the Chinese government sealed off the Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities in Tongliao and the Nationalities University in Hohhot, the only two universities where lessons are predominantly taught in Mongolian. In addition, it enforced tight control on the internet and shut down QQ chatrooms.^[2]

References

^ Ben Blanchard and Sui-Lee Wee (Reuters), Friday, May 27, 2011: Parts of Inner Mongolia 'under martial law' as protests spread. E.g. at [1]^{[dead link]}.
^ http://www.smhric.org/news_383.htm

External links

Official website

44°56′41″N 115°22′44″E / 44.9447°N 115.379°E / 44.9447; 115.379

[1] Ben Blanchard and Sui-Lee Wee (Reuters), Friday, May 27, 2011: Parts of Inner Mongolia 'under martial law' as protests spread. E.g. at [1]^{[dead link]}.

[2] ttp://www.smhric.org/news_383.htm

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