hohhot Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/hohhot Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Museum of Inner Mongolia http://toursmaps.com/museum-of-inner-mongolia.html http://toursmaps.com/museum-of-inner-mongolia.html#respond Sat, 21 Jan 2017 15:54:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=230593 In contrast to many other Chinese towns Hohhot is still comparatively young, having been founded in 1581 by the Mongol prince Altan Khan, under the name of Kuku-khoto (Blue Town). The Kangxi Emperor Xuanye (reigned 1661-1722) ensured Chinese supremacy over the Mongols and stationed troops in the town. In 1947, when Inner Mongolia was made an Autonomous Region, it was decided that Hohhot would be its capital. Today Hohhot is the political, cultural and industrial centre ofthe region. Manufacture of wool and leather products, metal, building materials, engineering and chemical industries all play an important role. The Lama Temple of

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