Chifeng

Prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China

Chifeng 赤峰市[a]
Prefecture-level city
From top, left to right: Chifeng South Railway Station Chifeng North Great Mosque Qingzhou white pagoda, Bairin Right Banner Lower Xiajiadian ruins, Erdaojingzi Site Museum Hongshan District plaza
City Emblem
Location of Chifeng City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Chifeng Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 42°15′25″N 118°53′17″E / 42.257°N 118.888°E / 42.257; 118.888
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
Municipal seat	Hongshan District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	90,275 km2 (34,855 sq mi)
• Urban  [1]	7,012 km2 (2,707 sq mi)
• Metro	6,125 km2 (2,365 sq mi)
Elevation	586 m (1,923 ft)
Population  (2020 census[2])
• Prefecture-level city	4,035,967
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban  [1]	1,460,381
• Urban density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
• Metro	1,175,391
• Metro density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
GDP[3]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 186.1 billion US$ 29.9 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 43,269 US$ 6,947
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	024000
Area code	0476
ISO 3166 code	CN-NM-04
Licence plate prefixes	蒙D
Website	www.chifeng.gov.cn

Chifeng
Chinese name
Chinese	赤峰
Hanyu Pinyin	Chìfēng
Literal meaning	red peak
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chìfēng Bopomofo ㄔˋ   ㄈㄥ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Chyhfeng Wade–Giles Ch'ih4-feng1 Yale Romanization Chr̀fēng IPA [ʈʂʰɻ̩̂.fə́ŋ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Улаанхад хот
Mongolian script	ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠠᠳᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Ulaɣanqada qota

Chifeng^[b] is a prefecture-level city in Southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol League to the north and west, Tongliao to the northeast, Chaoyang (Liaoning) to the southeast and Chengde (Hebei) to the south. The city has a total administrative area of 90,275 square kilometres (34,855 sq mi) and as of the 2020 census, had a population of 4,035,967 inhabitants (4,341,245 in 2010). However, 1,175,391 of those residents lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts of Hongshan and Songshan, as Yuanbaoshan is not conurbated yet.^[2] However, a large part of Songshan is still rural and Yuanbaoshan is a de facto separate town 27 kilometers away from the core district of Chifeng. The city was the administrative center of the previous Ju Ud League.^[c]

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