Hulunbuir

Hulunbuir (, Hölün buyir; ) is a region that is govrened as a prefectur-level ceety in northeastren Inner Mongolie, in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. Its admeenistrative centre is locatit at Hailar Destrict, its lairgest urban aurie. Major scenic featurs are the heich steppes o the Hulun Buir grasslands, the Hulun an Buir lakes (the latter pairtially in Mongolie), an the Khingan range. Hulun Buir borders Roushie, Mongolie, Heilongjiang province an Hinggan League. Hulunbuir is a linguistically diverse aurie: next tae Mandarin Cheenese, Mongolie dialects sic as Khorchin an Buryat, the Mongolic leid Dagur an some Tungusic leids are spoken thare.

History
Tradeetionally, Hulunbuir wis a pairt o Manchurie, an the eastren pairt o the aurie wis kent as Barga. Frae 1912-1949, during the Republic o Cheenae period (ROC), Hulunbuir wis pairt o Xing'an an Heilongjiang province. Durin the Japanese occupation o Cheenae, Hulunbuir wis annexed intae the Japanese puppet state o Manchukuo, but the ROC did no recognise this development as legal. In the Cheenese Ceevil War, the Communist Pairty o Cheenae gained the support o Inner Mongol leaders lik Ulanhu bi promisin the irredentist expansion o Inner Mongolie intae auries that haed majorities o Han an Manchu fowk. Efter the 1949 Communist revolution in Cheenae, Hulunbuir wis annexed intae Inner Mongolie, but the region kept economic tees tae the rest o Manchurie via the Chinese Eastern Railway.

Durin the Cultural Revolution, the pairts o historic Manchurie inside Inner Mongolie wur briefly restored tae thair oreeginal provinces; Hulunbuir wis gien back tae Heilongjiang frae 1969 tae 1979. Till October 10, 2001, Hulunbuir wis admeenistered as a League.  The aurie is  an population 2.710 million as o 2004, while the gross domestic product wis RMB 21.326 billion. The jurisdiction aurie o the ceety is actually lairger than mony Cheenese provinces (an 42 U.S. states), an Hulunbuir is recognizit as the lairgest ceety in the warld bi aurie, awtho the actual urban agglomeration is juist a vera sma pairt o the region, an the average population density o the aurie is vera law.

Names
The ceety wis ance a league (盟) o Inner Mongolie, till 10 October 2001. Durin the Qing Dynasty, it wis kent in Mandarin as "Hūlúnbùyǔ'ěr" (呼伦布雨尔/呼倫布雨爾).

Admeenistrative subdiveesions
Hulunbuir is dividit intae 13 different coonty-level jurisdictions: ane destrict, five coonty-level ceeties, fower banners an three autonomous banners.

 Map 350px # Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population(2004 est.) Aurie (km²) Density(/km²)1Hailar Destrict海拉尔区Hǎilā'ěr Qū260,0001,4401812Manzhouli Ceety满洲里市Mǎnzhōulǐ Shì160,0006962303Zhalantun Ceety扎兰屯市Zhālántún Shì440,00016,800264Yakeshi Ceety牙克石市Yákèshí Shì400,00027,590145Genhe Ceety根河市Gēnhé Shì170,00019,65996Ergun Ceety额尔古纳市É'ěrgǔnà Shì90,00028,00037Arun Banner阿荣旗Āróng Qí320,00012,063278New Barag Richt Banner新巴尔虎右旗Xīnbā'ěrhǔ Yòu Qí30,00025,10219New Barag Left Banner新巴尔虎左旗Xīnbā'ěrhǔ Zuǒ Qí40,00022,000210Auld Barag Banner陈巴尔虎旗Chénbā'ěrhǔ Qí60,00021,192311Oroqin Autonomous Banner鄂伦春自治旗Èlúnchūn Zìzhìqí280,00059,800512Evenk Autonomous Banner鄂温克族自治旗Èwēnkèzú Zìzhìqí140,00019,111713Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗Mòlìdáwǎ Dáwò'ěrzú Zìzhìqí320,00010,50030


Demographics (as o 2000)
 ethnic group population share Han 2,199,645 81.85% Mongols 231,276 8.6% Manchu 111,053 4.13% Daur 70,287 2.62% Hui 30,950 1.15% Evenks 25,418 0.95% Koreans 8,355 0.31% Roushies 4,741 0.18% Oroqen 3,144 0.12% Xibe 956 0.04% Ither 1,403 0.05%

References

Further readin
Jinri Nei Menggu: Hulun Bei'er 今日内蒙古: 呼伦贝尔 (Inner Mongolia the day: Hulun Buir). 内蒙古人民出版社 (Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House), 呼和浩特 Hohhot 1997, ISBN 7204035453, 9+129 pages

Freemit airtins
Hulunbuir govrenment wabsteid  (in Cheenese)
Inner Mongolie postcodes  (in Inglis)

Category:Ceeties in Inner Mongolie
Category:Geography o Inner Mongolie