The total area of the region is 699.6 square kilometers, including 20.5 square kilometers in the urban area and 679.6438+0 square kilometers in the agricultural area. The total population is 409,629, including 284,084 in urban areas and 65,438+025,545 in rural areas. There are 38 ethnic groups, including Mongolian, Manchu, Hui and Han, inhabited by Manchu people. There are 1 township, 1 town, 7 sub-district offices, 30 administrative villages and 55 community neighborhood committees in the whole region. There are two levels of party, government and military organs in the autonomous region and Hohhot, namely, Hohhot railway station, long-distance bus station, posts and telecommunications and other institutions. The new urban area is the seat of the political, economic, cultural, educational, scientific and technological, transportation, news and information centers of the autonomous region and Hohhot, and it is the window of Hohhot's opening to the outside world.
The new urban area belongs to the mid-temperate continental monsoon climate. The four seasons are distinct, characterized by: windy and rainy in spring, and the temperature rises rapidly; Summer is hot and humid and rainy, with concentrated precipitation; Autumn is short and cool, with a large temperature difference between day and night; Winter is long, dry and cold, and there is almost no snow. The annual average temperature is 6.7℃, and the mountain area is 2-3℃ lower than the plain. Hot and cold changes dramatically, with an average summer temperature of 265,438 0.3℃ and an extreme maximum temperature of 38.5℃. The average temperature in winter is -7.4℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is -30.5℃. The average annual precipitation is 397.9 mm, and the maximum daily precipitation is130.6 mm. The precipitation in mountainous areas is more than that in plains, and 60-70% of the annual precipitation is in summer, mostly concentrated in July and August. There is plenty of sunshine, and the sunshine hours in the whole year are 2862.8 hours. The annual sunshine percentage is 65%, mostly concentrated in March-May. Frost appears in spring and autumn, with late final frost in spring and early frost in autumn. The frost-free period is 12 1- 150 days in the plain and 90- 100 days in the mountainous area. There are northerly winds in spring and winter, and southeast winds in summer and autumn.