Xilingol League

• Name — Xilingol League • Native Name — zh-Hans • mn-Mong • Settlement Type — League • Image Skyline — 二连浩特 国门景区之仰望国门.jpg • Image Caption — Erenhot • Image Map — Location of Xilin Gol League within Inner Mongolia (China).svg • Map Caption — Location of Xilingol League in Inner Mongolia • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — People's Republic of China • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Inner Mongolia • Seat Type — Seat • Area Total Km2 — 211866 • Population As Of — 2010 • Population Total — 1028022 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Density Urban Km2 — auto • Demographics Type2 — GDP • Demographics2 Title1 — Total • Demographics2 Info1 — CN¥ 100.0 billion US$ 16.1 billion • Demographics2 Title2 — Per capita • Demographics2 Info2 — CN¥ 96,025 US$ 15,417 • Timezone — China Standard • Utc Offset — +8 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 152500 • Area Code — 0479 • Iso Code — CN-NM-25 • Blank2 Name — Licence plate prefixes • Blank2 Info — 蒙H • Website — www.xlgl.gov.cn/

• Mong — ᠰᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ • Monr — Sili-yin Ɣool ayimaɣ • Mon — Шилийн Гол аймаг Xilingol League (also transliterated as Xilin Gol or Shiliin Gol, Шилийн Гол аймаг, Shiliin Gol aimag, pron) is one of the three leagues of Inner Mongolia. The seat is Xilinhot, and the area is 202,580 km2. The league's economy is based on mining and agriculture. Xilingol borders Mongolia to the north, Chifeng, Tongliao and Hinggan League to the east, Ulanqab to the west and Hebei to the south. This is the only prefecture-level division of Inner Mongolia in whose southern border nomadic culture is still vivid. Some divisions, such as Tongliao, have a much higher percentage of Mongolian population, but agriculture is extensive among Khorchin Mongols there. Xilingol League is also the closest Inner Mongolian prefecture-level division to Beijing; although, among those Inner Mongolian prefecture-level divisions bordering Hebei, the province surrounding Beijing, Xilin Gol is also the most unapproachable one. With a significant population of Chakhar Mongols, who speak a Mongolian dialect closely related to the standard dialect of Mongolia, the dialect also spoken in Xulun Hoh Banner, Xilin Gol League's variety is chosen as the standard language of Mongolian in China. Nevertheless, the de facto common standard is a mix of Khorchin-Kharchin and Chakhar, due to the extensive presence of Khorchin Mongolian speakers in China.

In 2000, there were 975,168 inhabitants: • Ethnic group — no. of inhabitants — share • Han — 653,226 — 66.78% • Mongols — 284,995 — 29.23% • Manchu — 26,687 — 2.74% • Hui — 11,009 — 1.13% • Daur — 784 — 0.08% • Other — 519 — 0.04%

Xilin Gol is divided into two county-level cities, one county and nine banners: • Map * • Name — Mongolian — Hanzi — Hanyu Pinyin — Population (2010) — Area (km 2) — Density (/km 2) • Xilinhot (city) — mn-Mong (Sili-yin qota) — zh-Hans — 245,886 — 15,758 — 15.6 • Erenhot (city) — (Eriyen qota) — zh-Hans — 74,197 — 4,015 — 18.5 • Duolun County — (Dolonnuur siyan) — zh-Hans — 100,893 — 3,773 — 26.7 • Abag Banner — (Abaɣ-a qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — 43,574 — 27,495 — 1.6 • Sonid Left Banner (Sonid Jun Banner) — (Söned Jegün qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — 33,652 — 33,469 — 1.0 • Sonid Right Banner (Sonid Barun Banner) — (Söned Baraɣun qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — 71,063 — 26,700 — 2.7 • East Ujimqin Banner (Jun Ujimqin Banner) — (Jegün Ujumučin qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — 93,962 — 47,554 — 2.0 • West Ujimqin Banner (Barun Ujimqin Banner) — (Baraɣun Ujumučin qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — 87,614 — 22,960 — 3.8 • Taibus Banner — (Tayipusė qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — 112,339 — 3,415 — 32.9 • Bordered Yellow Banner (Xianghuang Banner) (Hobot Xar Banner) — (Köbegetü Sir-a qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — Xiānghuáng Qí — 28,450 — 4,960 — 5.7 • Plain and Bordered White Banner (Zhengxiangbai Banner) (Xulun Hobot Qagan Banner) — (Siluɣun Köbegetü Čaɣan qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — Zhèngxiāngbái Qí — 54,443 — 6,083 — 9.0 • Plain Blue Banner (Zhenglan Banner) (Xulun Hoh Banner) — (Siluɣun Köke qosiɣu) — zh-Hans — 81,967 — 9,963 — 8.2

After the alleged murder of a Mongolian herder, Mergen, by a Chinese truck driver who was blocking the way for Chinese coal trucks to pass through his pasture on May 10, 2011, protests with some thousand protestors broke out in Xilingol. To prevent the spreading of protests, the Chinese government sealed off the Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities in Tongliao and the Nationalities University in Hohhot, the only two universities where lessons are predominantly taught in Mongolian. In addition, it enforced tight control on the internet and shut down QQ chatrooms. To address the underlying issues, the government provided compensation to the family of the victim, brought forth tougher environmental regulations, and dismissed the Communist Party chief of West Ujimqin. The truck driver was tried, found guilty of murder, and sentenced to death.