Tongliao

Tongliao
通辽市
ᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Khorchin Stadium
Location of Tongliao City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Tongliao
Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates (Tongliao municipal government): 43°39′14″N 122°14′35″E / 43.654°N 122.243°E / 43.654; 122.243
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Municipal seatHorqin District
Area
58,862 km2 (22,727 sq mi)
 • Metro
3,516 km2 (1,358 sq mi)
Elevation
179 m (587 ft)
Highest elevation
1,444.2 m (4,738 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
2,873,168
 • Density48.812/km2 (126.42/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,437,489
 • Metro
921,808
 • Metro density262.2/km2 (679.0/sq mi)
GDP
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 187.7 billion
US$ 30.1 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 60,128
US$ 9,654
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-NM-05
Websitetongliao.gov.cn
Tongliao
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese通辽
Traditional Chinese通遼
Literal meaning"Through Liao"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTōngliáo
Bopomofoㄊㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhTongliau
Wade–GilesTʻung1-liao2
Yale RomanizationTūnglyáu
IPA[tʰʊ́ŋ.ljǎʊ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicТонляо хот
Mongolian scriptᠲᠦᠩᠯᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCTüŋliyou qota

Tongliao is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is 59,535 square kilometres (22,987 sq mi) and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 in 2010). However, the city proper made of Horqin district, had 921,808 inhabitants. The city was the administrative centre of the defunct Jirem League.

The original Mongolian name for Tongliao city proper (i.e. Horqin District) is Bayitalai (Chinese: 白音泰赉/巴林太来; pinyin: Báiyīntàilài; lit. 'having buildings'), while the original name of the prefecture-level city is Jirem. The Mongolian dialect spoken in this area is Khorchin Mongolian.