Xilin Gol League

Xilin Gol League

锡林郭勒盟
—  Leagues  —
Xilin Gol league (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange) and China
Country China
Province Inner Mongolia
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Website http://www.xlgl.gov.cn/
Xilin Gol League
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 錫林郭勒
Simplified Chinese 锡林郭勒
Mongolian name
Mongolian
ᠰᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ
Шилийн Гол
sili-yin ɣoul

Xilin Gol (Mongolian: , Sili-yin γoul ayimaγ, Chinese: 锡林郭勒; pinyin: Xílín Guōlè) is one of 12 prefecture level divisions of Inner Mongolia. The capital is Xilinhot, the area is 202,580 km². The league's economy is based on mining and agriculture.

Xilin Gol borders Mongolia to the north, Chifeng, Tongliao and Hinggan League to the east, Ulanqab to the west and Hebei's Chengde and Zhangjiakou cities to the south.

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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:

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# Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population (2004 est.) Area (km²) Density (/km²)
1 Xilinhot City 锡林浩特市 Xīlínhàotè Shì 150,000 15,758 10
2 Erenhot City 二连浩特市 Èrliánhàotè Shì 20,000 450 44
3 Duolun County 多伦县 Duōlún Xiàn 100,000 3,773 27
4 Abag Banner 阿巴嘎旗 Ābāgā Qí 40,000 27,495 1
5 Sonid Left Banner 苏尼特左旗 Sūnítè Zuǒ Qí 30,000 33,469 1
6 Sonid Right Banner 苏尼特右旗 Sūnítè Yòu Qí 70,000 26,700 3
7 East Ujimqin Banner 东乌珠穆沁旗 Dōng Wūzhūmùqìn Qí 70,000 47,554 1
8 West Ujimqin Banner 西乌珠穆沁旗 Xī Wūzhūmùqìn Qí 70,000 22,960 3
9 Taibus Banner 太仆寺旗 Tàipúsì Qí 200,000 3,415 59
10 Bordered Yellow Banner 镶黄旗 Xiānghuáng Qí 30,000 4,960 6
11 Plain and Bordered White Banner 正镶白旗 Zhèngxiāngbái Qí 70,000 6,083 12
12 Plain Blue Banner 正蓝旗 Zhènglán Qí 80,000 9,963 8

Demonstrations in 2011

Main article: 2011 Xilinhot incident‎

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 have broken out in Xilin gol.[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

  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].
  2. ^ http://www.smhric.org/news_383.htm

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