Hohhot. Dating

Since the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese began to settle here, giving the place the name Guihua. In the 16th century (around 1580), Altan Khan founded the Mongolian city of Hohehot (which translates into Russian as "blue city" or "blue city"), which soon became an important political, commercial, religious (Tibetan Buddhism) and cultural center. At the end of the 18th century, a new Chinese city, Suiyuan, was founded 4 km north of the Old City. The Old and New Towns later merged under the common name of Guisui. In 1922, the Beijing-Baotou railway passed through the city. In 1928, the city became the capital of the newly formed Suiyuan Province. During the Japanese occupation, the capital of the state of Mengjiang was located here. In 1954, Suiyuan Province was disbanded and the city, renamed Hohhot, became part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.