Horinger County

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Country China Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Elevation 1,100 m Local time Wednesday 2:26 AM Province Inner Mongolia		Prefecture-level city Huhhot Postal code 011500 Area 3,401 km² Area code 0471

Weather -3°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 41% Humidity

Horinger (Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠭᠡᠷ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ Қорин Гэр сиыан Qorin Ger siyan; simplified Chinese: 和林格尔; traditional Chinese: 和林格爾; pinyin: Hélíngé'ěr) is a county of Inner Mongolia, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Huhhot.

Map of Horinger, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

Transport

China National Highway 209

Inner Mongolia Provincial Highway 210

Fengzhun Railway

Economy

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.

Education

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%

Health

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

History

Tuchengzi, the capital of the Zhenwu County of the Liao Empire was located within today's Horinger County. It is a major archaeological site now.

References

Horinger County Wikipedia

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