Hailar District

Hailar District, formerly a county-level city, is an urban district that serves as the seat of the prefecture-level city Hulunbuir in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Hulunbuir, due to its massive size, is a city in administrative terms only, being mainly grassland and rural.

Hailar
海拉尔区ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ
Hulunbuir City Government
Hailar in Hulunbuir
Hailar
Location in Inner Mongolia
Hailar
Hailar (China)
Coordinates (Hailar District government): 49°14′05″N 119°49′28″E
CountryChina
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityHulunbuir
District seatZhengyang Subdistrict
Area
  Total1,319.8 km2 (509.6 sq mi)
Elevation
614 m (2,014 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total365,012
  Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
021000
Area code0470
Websitewww.hailar.gov.cn
Hailar District
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese海拉爾區
Simplified Chinese海拉尔区
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicХайлаар Дүүрэг
Mongolian scriptᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ

Long known as the "Pearl of the Grasslands", Hailar acts as a gateway between China and Russia. The district spans an area of 1,319.8 square kilometers, and has an estimated population of 365,000 as of 2010. The district serves as a regional center for commerce, trade, and transportation.

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