History of Ulanqab

Ulanqab or Ulan Chab is a region administered as a prefecture-level city in south-central Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China. Its administrative centre is in Jining District, which was formerly a county-level city. It was established as a prefecture-level city on 1 December 2003, formed from the former Ulanqab League.

Ulaan Chab city has an area of 54,491 square kilometres (21,039 sq mi). It borders Hohhot to the west, Mongolia to the north, Xilin Gol League to the northeast, Hebei to the east and Shanxi to the south.

The western part of Ulaan Chab used to be part of the now defunct Chinese province of Suiyuan.

Source From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulanqab