Hohhot (Chinese 呼和浩特, pinyin: Hūhéhàotè, literally: “A place where the whistle of the wind is not heard”, Transl.: Huhehaote, Mong. Kökeqota.svg (Höh hot, Kökeqota) – “blue city”) – urban a district in the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia (PRC), the administrative center of the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, the economic and cultural center of the region.

History
Since the era of the Ming Empire, the Chinese began to settle here, who gave this place the name Guihua. In the 16th century (around 1580), Altan Khan founded the Mongolian city of Khukhe-Khoto (which is translated into Russian as “blue city” or “blue city”) here, which soon became an important political, commercial, religious (Tibetan Buddhism) and cultural center.
At the end of the 18th century, the new Chinese city of 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.

Sights
Attractions in Hohhot include:
– Da Zhao Monastery – founded in 1557 by Altan Khan, construction was completed by 1579. It was around this temple that the city arose.
– Temple of the Five Pagodas – built in 1732, it houses more than one and a half thousand Buddha statues.
– Tomb of Zhaojun – a mound overgrown with grass.
– The Great Mosque – the mosque of 1639
– Museum of Inner Mongolia – a museum that exhibits the remains of dinosaurs, household items and works of art of nomads, including modern ones.