Horinger County Explained

Horinger County should not be confused with Holingol.

Horinger County
Settlement Type:	County
Pushpin Map:	China Inner Mongolia#China
Pushpin Label:	Horinger
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of the seat in Inner Mongolia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	China
Subdivision Type1:	Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:	Inner Mongolia
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:	Huhhot
Seat Type:	County seat
Seat:	Chengguan Town
Area Total Km2:	3401
Elevation M:	1100
Population As Of:	2020
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	162,476
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	China Standard
Utc Offset:	+8
Coordinates:	40.379°N 111.828°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	011500
Area Code:	0471

Horinger (Mongolian: ;) is a county of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, North China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, bordering Shanxi province to the southeast.

History

The site of Shengle (Chinese: 盛樂) to the northwest of the present-day county seat of Horinger was the capital of the Xianbei Kingdom of Dai during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period of Chinese history.^[2] ^[3]

Horinger County is made up of 4 towns and 4 townships.

Name	Simplified Chinese	Mongolian (Cyrillic)	Administrative division code
Towns
Chengguan Town	Chinese: 城关镇	Mongolian: Цэн гуан балгас	150123100
Shengle Town	Chinese: 盛乐镇	Mongolian: Шен ле балгас	150123101
Xindianzi Town	Chinese: 新店子镇	Mongolian: Шин даяан зи балгас	150123102
Qorjin Ail Town	Chinese: 巧什营镇	Mongolian: Цоржийн айл балгас	150123103
Townships
Xabhai Township	Chinese: 舍必崖乡	Mongolian: Шавхай шиян	150123203
Dahongcheng Township	Chinese: 大红城乡	Mongolian: Да хон цэн шиян	150123205
Yangqungou Township	Chinese: 羊群沟乡	Mongolian: Ян чион гүү шиян	150123206
Heilaoyao Township	Chinese: 黑老夭乡	Mongolian: Гей луу ёо шиян	150123207

Others:

GDP: RMB ¥7.82 billion in 2006
Pillar industries: milk industry, wool industry, forestry, lamb and beef industry
Mengniu, the biggest manufacturer of dairy products in China, is based in Horinger.

At year-end of 2006, there are 46 primary and secondary schools and 4 kindergartens in the city.
Number of students enrolled at year-end of 2006: 655 in kindergartens, 10962 in primary schools, 10241 in junior high schools, 4417 in senior high schools.
Number of teachers at year-end of 2006: 1834 full-time teachers and staff
Percentage of children of the right age attending primary school in 2006: 100%
Percentage of primary school graduates entering a higher school in 2006: 100%
Percentage of junior high graduates entering a higher school in 2006: 83.59%

Number of medical entities at year-end of 2005: 14
Number of health-care entities at year-end of 2005: 1
Number of hospital beds at year-end of 2005: 178
Number of medical doctors, registered nurses and medical technicians at year end of 2005: 230