Jining (Inner Mongolia)

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
Jining was an independent city before it became a district of Ulanqab Prefecture.

Get in
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.

See

 * Martyrs' Monument (烈士纪念碑)