Yuquan, Hohhot
Yuquan
玉泉区 • ᠢᠦᠢ ᠴᠢᠦᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ | |
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| Coordinates: 40°45′13″N 111°40′26″E / 40.75361°N 111.67389°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
| Prefecture-level city | Hohhot |
| District seat | Zhaojun Road Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 179.3 km2 (69.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,036 m (3,399 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 524,573 |
| • Density | 2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 玉泉区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 玉泉區 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | jade spring | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Юйчюань тойрог | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠢᠦᠢ ᠴᠢᠦᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ | ||||||
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Yuquan District (Mongolian: ᠢᠦᠢ ᠴᠢᠦᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 玉泉区) is one of the four districts of the prefecture-level city of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Located in the southwest of the city center, it borders Huimin District to the north, Saihan District to the east, and Tumed Left Banner to the south and west.
Yuquan means "The spring as beautiful as jade" in Chinese, it was named after a spring nearby Dazhao Temple. The north side of Yuquan District is the old town of Guihua, the middle area was built in 1950-1980s, the south side was built after 1990s. The new campus of the University of Inner Mongolia is in the south side.