Baotou is a homonym of "Baoketu" in Mongolian, which means "a place with deer", also known as "Lucheng". Located in the central and western Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it borders Mongolia in the north, the Yellow River in the south, Tumochuan Plain and Hetao Plain in the east and west. Baotou is an important hub connecting North China and Northwest China. It is a key development area for the country and Inner Mongolia to open to the outside world. Together with Hohhot and Erdos, it constitutes the most dynamic advantage area in Inner Mongolia.
The geographical location of Baotou City is10915 ′ ~10 26 ′, 4015 ′ ~ 42 43 ′ north latitude and1067.2m above sea level. It is the national Hu Baoyu Economic Belt and Hu Bao, Inner Mongolia. The city covers a total area of 27,768 square kilometers and governs 9 counties and a national rare earth high-tech industrial development zone.
In 307 BC, King Wuling of Zhao set up Jiuyuan County in Baotou, Jiuyuan County in Qin and Wuyuan County in Western Han Dynasty. Baotou is a transportation hub to communicate the nomadic culture of the northern grassland and the farming culture of the Central Plains, which has precipitated a thick grassland civilization. With the development of the city, grassland customs and industrial civilization complement each other, showing the unique features of grassland steel city and leisure capital. In 2005, the first batch entered the ranks of national civilized cities.
With the construction of national key projects, an industrial city has gradually developed and grown. It has the largest iron and steel, aluminum, equipment manufacturing and rare earth processing enterprise in Inner Mongolia, and is an important energy, raw materials, rare earth, new coal chemical and equipment manufacturing base in China and Inner Mongolia. Known as "Grassland Steel City" and "Rare Earth Capital", it is one of the 20 most suitable cities for industrial development in China and one of the 50 cities with excellent investment environment in China.
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The Historical Evolution of Baotou City
As a city, Baotou was formed late. It has been less than 200 years since Baotou Town was established by Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty in 14 (1809). However, due to the particularity of Baotou's geographical location, in the long evolution process, it has also become a historical stage for performing magnificent and magnificent live dramas several times, so it should not be limited to setting up towns and cities, but can be traced back to a longer history.
The Yellow River is the cradle of the Chinese nation. The section of the Yellow River flowing through Baotou is the place where primitive people moved earlier. There are a large number of ancient human cultural relics here, and more than 10 have been excavated. A well-preserved Neolithic village site and a large number of cultural relics were excavated in Gejigou, Ashangou Gate, which is15km east of Donghe District.
The Mongolian Plateau is located in the north of the yinshan mountains, stretching for thousands of kilometers from east to west. In ancient China, it was the place where northern minorities lived and multiplied. In the communication with the Central Plains Dynasty in the Yellow River Basin, it promoted the integration of all ethnic groups, accelerated the feudalization of ethnic minorities, and promoted the development of the whole society and civilized exchanges.
From the Warring States to the Tang Dynasty, some ancient cities were built in Baotou several times. King Wuling of Zhao built Jiuyuan City in 306 BC (the twentieth year of King Wuling). Jiuyuan County of Qin Wei in 22 1 year BC. In 433 AD, Huai Shuo Town was established in the Northern Wei Dynasty established by Xianbei people. Later, with the change of the situation and the passage of time, the ancient cities were abandoned one by one.
After entering the Five Dynasties, Baotou was ruled by Liao. Liao set up Yunnei House here, which lasted until Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and its organizational system remained unchanged. In the early years of Yuan Dynasty, the smelting industry, textile industry and pottery industry in Baotou area began to flourish, commodity economy appeared and commercial activities flourished accordingly. Later, Mongolian tribes entered Hetao one after another, and Baotou became the nomadic land of Tumote tribe.
After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong five years (A.D. 174 1), Sarazzi Building was established with assistant judges, which was the earliest administrative system in Baotou. Around 1870 (9 years of Tongzhi), Baotou built a city wall, which opened five gates in the east, south, west, northeast and northwest, forming the city scale of modern Baotou.
/kloc-From the end of 0/9 to the beginning of the 20th century, Baotou has developed into a famous fur distribution center and a flood and drought wharf in northwest China. 1923 Baotou section of Pingsui Railway was opened to traffic. 193 1 year, Baotou electro-optic flour company and yongmaoyuan licorice company were established, and Baotou began to have modern industry.
1934, Eurasian Air Mail Co., Ltd., organized by Sino-German cooperation, built an airport in Baotou and opened the Baotou-Ningxia-Lanzhou route, with regular flights going back and forth once a week. The catering and service industries are booming and the market is booming.
Baotou is an area with glorious revolutionary tradition. At the beginning of the revolution, Wang Ruofei, Ulanhu and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation led the underground struggle here. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the * * * Production Party led the soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups in Baotou area, founded the Daqingshan Anti-Japanese guerrilla base, and waged arduous struggles with the Japanese aggressors.
1949 September, Suiyuan launched the "9. 19" uprising, and Baotou was peacefully liberated. 1950 February 13, Baotou municipal people's government was formally established.
Baotou Municipal People's Government-Geographical Location
Baotou Municipal People's Government-Meili Baotou
Baotou Municipal People's Government-Historical Evolution