Baotou

prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia, China
Organization prefecture_level_city Q569907
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Summary

Baotou is a prefecture-level city[1]. Baotou draws 1,576 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture level city category, ranking #60 of 278).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Inner Mongolia[3]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5]
  • Shares border with: Hohhot[6], Ulanqab[7], Ordos City[8], Bayannur[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Donghe District[10], Hondlon District[11], Qingshan District[12], Shiguai District[13], Bayan Obo Mining District[14], Jiuyuan District[15], Tumed Right Banner[16], Guyang County[17], Darhan Muminggan United Banner[18], Baotou National Rare Earth Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone[19]
  • Postal code: 014000[20]
  • Commons category: Baotou[21]
  • Licence plate code: 蒙B[22]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[23]
  • Local dialing code: 472[24]
  • Official website: http://www.baotou.gov.cn/[25], http://mgl.baotou.gov.cn/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Baotou[27]
  • Population: 2,650,364[28], 2,709,378[29]
  • Official name: 包头市[30], ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ[31]
  • Category for people born here: Q63229913[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Baotou[33]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1065 m[34]
  • Area: 27571.17 km²[35]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Baotou include Baotou Donghe International Airport[36], an airport[37], in People's Republic of China[38] and baotite[39], a mineral species[40].

Why It Matters

Baotou has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Baotou is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for Baotou include Baotou Donghe International Airport[36], an airport[37], in People's Republic of China[38] and baotite[39], a mineral species[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Tabulation on 2020 China Population Census by County. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+08:00
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 20w ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Hohhot, Ulanqab, Ordos City +1
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 40.65621, 'lon': 109.83454}
    Country → —
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Baotou
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