Tongliao

Tongliao
Tongliao
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	通辽
Traditional Chinese	通遼
Literal meaning	"Through Liao"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tōngliáo
Bopomofo	ㄊㄨㄥㄌㄧㄠˊ
Wade–Giles	T'ung1-liao2
IPA	[tʰʊ́ŋ.ljǎʊ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Тонляо хот
Mongolian script	ᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
SASM/GNC
Transcriptions
SASM/GNC	Tüŋliyou qota

Tongliao

通辽市
ᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Tongliao 通辽市; ᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Prefecture-level city
	Zhelimu Bridge
	Location of Tongliao City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
	Tongliao Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
	Coordinates (Tongliao municipal government): 43°39′14″N 122°14′35″E / 43.654°N 122.243°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
Municipal seat	Horqin District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	58,862 km2 (22,727 sq mi)
• Metro	3,516 km2 (1,358 sq mi)
Elevation	179 m (587 ft)
Highest elevation	1,444.2 m (4,738.2 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Prefecture-level city	2,873,168
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
• Urban	1,437,489
• Metro	921,808
• Metro density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 187.7 billion; US$ 30.1 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 60,128; US$ 9,654
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-NM-05
Website	tongliao.gov.cn

Tongliao^[a] is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is 59,535 square kilometres (22,987 sq mi) and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 in 2010). However, the city proper made of Horqin district, had 921,808 inhabitants.^[3] The city was the administrative centre of the defunct Jirem League.^[b]

The original Mongolian name for Tongliao city proper (i.e. Horqin District) is Bayisingtu (Chinese: 白音泰赉; pinyin: Báiyīntàilài; lit. 'having buildings'), while the original name of the prefecture-level city is Jirem. The Mongolian dialect spoken in this area is Khorchin Mongolian.

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^ ^a ^b "China: Inner Mongolia (Prefectures, Leagues, Cities, Districts, Banners and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^ 内蒙古自治区统计局、国家统计局内蒙古调查总队 (2016). 《内蒙古统计年鉴－2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7901-5.

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[4] 内蒙古自治区统计局、国家统计局内蒙古调查总队 (2016). 《内蒙古统计年鉴－2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7901-5.

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