Yuquan District

Yuquan 玉泉区 • ᠢᠤᠢᠴᠢᠤᠸᠠᠨᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ
District
Coordinates: 40°45′13″N 111°40′26″E / 40.75361°N 111.67389°E / 40.75361; 111.67389Coordinates: 40°45′13″N 111°40′26″E / 40.75361°N 111.67389°E / 40.75361; 111.67389
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Hohhot
Elevation	1,036 m (3,399 ft)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yuquan District (Mongolian: ᠢᠤᠢ ᠴᠢᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ Иуи чиуван тоори Iui čiuvan toɣoriɣ; simplified Chinese: 玉泉区; traditional Chinese: 玉泉區; pinyin: Yùquán Qū; lit. 'jade spring') is one of four districts of the prefecture-level city of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, North China.

Yuquan means “The spring as beautiful as jade” in Chinese, it was named after a spring nearby Dazhao Temple. The north side of Yuquan District is the old town of Guihua, the middle area was built in 1950-1980s, the south side was built after 1990s. The new campus of the University of Inner Mongolia is in the south side.

References[]

• www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)

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