Huhhot, commonly known as Huhhot, formerly known as Precious Spike, alias Qingcheng and Yunzhong, Maidu and Zhao Cheng in China, is a prefecture-level city and capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a second-class big city, the political, economic and cultural center of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region approved by the State Council, and an important central city in the northern border area of China. By the end of 2022, Hohhot had four municipal districts and four counties under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 1 .72 million square kilometers, a permanent population of 355 1. 1.00 million, an urban population of 2,833,900 and an urbanization rate of 79.80%.
Hohhot, located in the Eurasian continent, is one of the central cities of Hu Bao-Hubei urban agglomeration, an important bridge connecting the Yellow River Economic Belt, the Eurasian Continental Bridge and the Bohai Economic Zone, and an important central city along China's border opening to Mongolia and Russia.