Jining (集宁; Jíníng) is a district of 377,000 people (2011) in Inner Mongolia at the southern foot of Huitengliang in the Yinshan Mountains. It is the main urban area of Ulanqab Prefecture.
Understand
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Jining was an independent city before it became a district of Ulanqab Prefecture.
Get in
[edit]Jining is a railway hub; trains come in from Erenhot to the north, Hohhot and Baotou to the west, and the mining city Datong to the south. The Trans-Mongolian branch of the Trans-Siberian railway passes through the city.
- 1 Ulanqab Jining Airport (Mongolian :ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠴᠠᠪᠵᠢᠩᠨᠢ ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ, Cyrillic: Улаанцав Жининь нисэх буудал; UCB IATA) (northeast of the city, 11 km away from Jining South Station). China International Airlines and Donghai Airlines operate flights from Zhengzhou, Hangzhou and Shenzhen.
Get around
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- Martyrs' Monument (烈士纪念碑)