Ulanchab

In the first half of the XVII century, during the conquest of China by the Qing empire , six Mongol tribes moved to these places, who began to use the name Ulanchab for them.

In 1914, the Suyuan Special Administrative Region (绥远 特别 行政区) was formed, and these lands became part of it, and four eastern districts were transferred to the Chahar Special Administrative Region (察哈尔 特别 行政区). In 1928, the Suyuan Special Administrative Region was transformed into Suiyuan Province, with four eastern districts being returned to it.

At the time of the formation of the PRC in 1949, these lands were part of the province of Suiyuan. In 1950, the Autonomous Region “Aimak Ulanchab” (乌兰察布 盟 自治区) was created in the province of Suiyuan, which included the khoshuns Sytszivan, Darkhan, Mumingan, Urad-Qianqi, Chahar-Yuichzhuntsi and Chahar-Yuihoutsi. In 1952, the khoshuns Darhan and Mamingan were united into a single khoshun Darkhan-Mamingan.

In 1954, Suyuan Province was disbanded, and these lands became part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; in this case, the hieroglyphs “autonomous region” were removed from the aimak Ulanchab, and the Special Jining District (集 宁 专区) was renamed to Pingdinquan Administrative Region (平地 泉 行政区). In 1958, the Pinditsuan Administrative Region was disbanded and its lands became part of the aiman Ulanchab; in turn, the Khoshuns Urad-Qianqi and Urad-Zhonghou-Lianhetsi were transferred from Ulanchab to the aiman Bayan-Nur , and Bayan-Obo was removed from the khoshun Darkhan-Mumingan and transferred to the jurisdiction of Baotou .

In 1962, Shandu County was transferred from Hebei to Ulanchab.

In 1963, Guyan County became part of Ulanchab. In 1971, he was returned to Baotou .

In 1969, the Hoshun Tumed was divided into two Hoshuns: Tumed-Yutsi and Tumed-Zotsi, Tumed-Zotsi became part of the aimak Ulanchab, and in 1971 it was transferred from Ulanchub to the command of Hohhot.

In 1970, Huadeh County was transferred from aimak to Shilin-Gol Ulanchab.

In 1996, United khoshun Darkhan-Mumingan was transferred to the urban district of Baotou , counties Uchuan , Horinger , Qingshuihe to the urban district of Hohhot .

In 2003, aimak Ulanchab was transformed into an urban district.

Ulanchab urban district is divided into 1 district, 1 city district, 5 counties, 4 khoshun

• Ulanchab - information about the territory, population and history of changes in the administrative-territorial division on the site 行政 区划 网(Chinese)