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A prefectural - level municipality , prefectural - level city or prefectural city is an administrative division ___MASK20___ the People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ ( PRC ), ranking below a province and above a county in ___MASK22___ ' s administrative structure . Prefectural level cities form the second level ___MASK20___ the administrative structure ( alongside prefectures , leagues and autonomous prefectures ). Administrative chiefs ( mayors ) ___MASK20___ prefectural level cities generally have the same rank as a division chief ___MASK20___ a national ministry . Since the 1980s , most former prefectures have been renamed into prefectural level cities . ___MASK14___ or Wlánchábù (   , " Uláncaw hot ") 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 ___MASK14___ League . ___MASK61___ also known as Bugthot is the largest industrial city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ___MASK20___ ___MASK62___ ___MASK22___ . Governed as a prefecture - level city , its built - up (" or metro ") area made up ___MASK20___ 5 urban districts is home to 2 , 070 , 801 inhabitants with a total population ___MASK20___ over 2 . 65 million accounting for counties under its jurisdiction . The city ' s Mongolian name means " place with deer ", and an alternate name is " Lucheng " (" Lùchéng "), meaning " Deer City ". The 39 , 000 capacity ___MASK61___ Olympic Sports Centre Stadium is the main sports venue in the city and is used mostly for football matches . Zhuozi ( Mongolian : " Jüvi siyan ",   ) is a county ___MASK20___ ___MASK14___ prefecture - level city , which in turn is part ___MASK20___ Inner Mongolia , China . It has an area ___MASK20___ 3 , 119 km² , and in 2004 had about 230 , 000 inhabitants ( 2004 ). ___MASK32___ ( Khalkha :   " Höh hot "), abbreviated Hushi , formerly known as Kweisui , is the capital of Inner Mongolia in North ___MASK22___ , serving as the region ' s administrative , economic , and cultural centre . ___MASK18___ ( Xiao ' erjing :         " Gansw ") is a province ___MASK20___ the People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ , located in the northwest ___MASK20___ the country . ___MASK38___ ( postal : Shansi ) is a province ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ , located in the North ___MASK22___ region . Its one - character abbreviation is "" ( pinyin : Jìn ), after the state ___MASK20___ Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn period . ___MASK25___ ( Mongolian : ;      ; " aqar Baraun arun Qoyitu qosiu ") is a banner ___MASK20___ Inner Mongolia , People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ , bordering Shangdu County to the northeast , Xinghe County to the southeast , Chahar Right Front Banner to the south , Zhuozi County to the southwest , ___MASK25___ to the west , Siziwang Banner to the northwest , and Xilin Gol to the north . It is under the administration ___MASK20___ Ulaan Chab City , which lies to the south along the G55 Erenhot  Guangzhou Expressway . The most important settlement in the banner is Baiyinchagan . ___MASK22___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK22___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK22___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK22___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Fengzhen ( Chinese :  " Fngzhèn ") is a county - level city within Ulaan Chab prefecture ___MASK20___ Inner Mongolia in the ___MASK22___ . ___MASK10___ ( Mongolian : [" Monggol Ulus "] in Mongolian script ; [" Mongol Uls "] in Mongolian Cyrillic ) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia . Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory ___MASK20___ Outer ___MASK10___ , and that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state . It is sandwiched between ___MASK22___ to the south and Russia to the north . While it does not share a border with Kazakhstan , ___MASK10___ is separated from it by only . The classical Mongolian script ( in Mongolian script : " Mongol biig "; in Mongolian Cyrillic :   " Mongol bichig "), also known as Hudum Mongol bichig , was the first writing system created specifically for the Mongolian language , and was the ___MASK95___ successful until the introduction ___MASK20___ Cyrillic in 1946 . Derived from Sogdian , Mongolian is a true alphabet , with separate letters for consonants and vowels . The Mongolian script has been adapted to write languages such as Oirat and Manchu . Alphabets based on this classical vertical script are used in Inner Mongolia and other parts ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ to this day to write Mongolian , Xibe and , experimentally , Evenki . Dorbod ( Siziwang ) Banner ( Mongolian : " Dörbed qosiu ",   , " Dörwöd hoú ") is a banner ( county equivalent ) in the ___MASK14___ region of Inner Mongolia , China , which is located about north of Hohhot , the capital of Inner Mongolia . ___MASK31___ ( postal : Hopeh ) is a province ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ in the North ___MASK22___ region . Its one - character abbreviation is "" ( Jì ), named after Ji Province , a Han Dynasty province (" zhou ") that included what is now southern ___MASK31___ . The name " ___MASK31___ " literally means " north ___MASK20___ the river ", referring to its location entirely to the north ___MASK20___ the Huang He  ( Yellow River ). Inner ___MASK10___ ( Mongolian : [" Öbür Monggol "] in Mongolian script , and " Övör Mongol " in Mongolian Cyrillic ), officially Inner ___MASK10___ Autonomous Region or Nei Mongol Autonomous Region , is an autonomous region ___MASK20___ the People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ , located in the north ___MASK20___ the country , containing most ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ ' s border with ___MASK10___ ( the rest ___MASK20___ the ___MASK22___ - ___MASK10___ border is taken up by the Xinjiang autonomous region and Gansu province ) and a small section ___MASK20___ the border with Russia . Its capital is Hohhot , and other major cities include Baotou , Chifeng , and Ordos . ___MASK85___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK85___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK20___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK20___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK20___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK20___ the population live in European ___MASK85___ . ___MASK85___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK20___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and ___MASK27___ . A county - level municipality , county - level city , or county city is a county - level administrative division ___MASK20___ mainland ___MASK22___ . County - level cities are usually governed by prefecture - level divisions , but a few are governed directly by province - level divisions . Shangdu County ( Mongolian : " Šadu siyan ",   ) is a county ___MASK20___ south - central Inner Mongolia , People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ . It is under the administration ___MASK20___ ___MASK14___ City and has an area ___MASK20___ , and in 2004 had about 330 , 000 inhabitants . Xinghe County ( Mongolian : " Sih siyan ",   ) is a county ___MASK20___ south - central Inner Mongolia , People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ , bordering the provinces ___MASK20___ Hebei to the east and Shanxi to the south . It is under the administration ___MASK20___ Ulaan Chab City , and is situated on the ___MASK22___ National Highway 110 between Ulaan Chab and Zhangjiakou in Hebei province . Bordering county - level divisions include Fengzhen City to the southwest , Chahar Right Front Banner to the west , Chahar Right Back Banner to the northwest , and Shangdu County to the north . Chahar Right Front Banner ( Mongolian :      aqar Baraun arun Emünedü qosiu ; simplified Chinese :  ; traditional Chinese :  ; pinyin : Cháh ' r Yòuyì Qiánqí ) is a Banner ___MASK20___ Inner Mongolia , People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ , surrounding Jining District and bordering Xinghe County to the east , Fengzhen City to the south , Zhuozi County to the west , and Chahar Right Back Banner to the north . It is under the administration ___MASK20___ Ulaan Chab City . Its most important settlement is Tuguiwula , where Tuguiwula Railway Station is located . A province is almost always an administrative division , within a country or state . The term derives from the ancient Roman " provincia ", which was the major territorial and administrative unit ___MASK20___ the Roman Empire ' s territorial possessions outside Italy . The term province has since been adopted by many countries , and in those with no actual provinces , it has come to mean " outside the capital city ". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers , others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities . Many have their own powers independent ___MASK20___ federal authority , especially in Canada . In other countries , like ___MASK22___ , provinces are the creation ___MASK20___ central government , with very little autonomy . ___MASK98___ District ( Mongolian :   " Jini toori ") is an urban district that serves as the administrative seat ___MASK20___ ___MASK14___ , a region governed as a prefecture - level city in the mid - western part ___MASK20___ Inner Mongolia , China . It has an area ___MASK20___ approximately 114 . 2 km² and is in the southern foothills ___MASK20___ the Yinshan mountains . ___MASK50___ , also known by several other names , is a prefecture - level city in northwestern Hebei province in ___MASK62___ ___MASK22___ , bordering Beijing to the southeast , Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Shanxi to the southwest . At the 2010 census , its population was 4 , 345 , 485 inhabitants on , divided into 17 Counties and Districts . The built - up (" or metro ") area made of Qiaoxi , Qiaodong Districts and Wanquan County largely being conurbated had 838 , 978 inhabitants in 2010 on 1412 . 7 km . Due to its position on several important transport arteries , it is a critical transport node for travel between Hebei and Inner Mongolia and connecting northwest ___MASK22___ , Mongolia , and Beijing . ___MASK90___ , also known as Ulanhad ((   ) " Ulaanqada qota " , " red cliff "), is a prefecture - level city in southeastern Inner ___MASK10___ , People ' s Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK22___ . It borders Xilin Gol League to the north and west , Tongliao to the northeast , Chaoyang ( Liaoning ) to the southeast , and Chengde ( Hebei ) to the south . The city has a total administrative area ___MASK20___ and has a population ___MASK20___ 4 , 341 , 245 inhabitants . As ___MASK20___ the 2010 census , 1 , 094 , 970 ___MASK20___ these residents reside within in the urban districts ___MASK20___ Hongshan , Yuanbaoshan and Songshan . However , a large part ___MASK20___ Songshan is still rural and Yuanbaoshan is a de facto separate town 27 kilometers away from the core district ___MASK20___ ___MASK90___ . The city was the administrative centre ___MASK20___ the defunct Ju Ud League . ___MASK22___ National Highway 110 ( G110 ) runs from Beijing to Yinchuan , via Hohhot and Baotou , in Inner Mongolia . It heads northwest from Beijing to Zhangjiakou then heads straight west , and runs to approximately 1 , 100 kilometres .