Jalainur District or Zhalainuo'er District (Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠢᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 扎赉诺尔区), an urban district under Manzhouli's administration, is listed as a district of Hulunbuir officially and located in the northeast of Inner Mongolia.[2]

Jalainur
扎赉诺尔区ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠢᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ
Location of Jalainur District within Hulunbuir
Location of Jalainur District within Hulunbuir
Jalainur is located in Inner Mongolia
Jalainur
Jalainur
Location in Inner Mongolia
Jalainur is located in China
Jalainur
Jalainur
Jalainur (China)
Coordinates: 49°30′37″N 117°40′13″E / 49.5104°N 117.6702°E / 49.5104; 117.6702
CountryChina
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityHulunbuir
District seatSubdistrict 3
Area
 • Total
272 km2 (105 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
84,424
 • Density310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.zhalainuoer.gov.cn
Jalainur District
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese扎赉诺尔区
Traditional Chinese扎賚諾爾區
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhālàinuò'ěr Qū
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicЗалайнуур тойрог
Mongolian scriptᠵᠠᠯᠠᠢᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCJalainaɣur toɣoriɣ

Administrative divisions

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Jalainur is made up of 5 subdistricts and 1 town.

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Mongolian (Hudum Script) Mongolian (Cyrillic) Administrative division code
Subdistricts
Subdistrict 3 第三街道 Dìsān Jiēdào ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ Гуравдугаар зээл гудамж 150703001
Subdistrict 1 第一街道 Dìyī Jiēdào ᠨᠢᠭᠡᠳᠦᠭᠡᠷ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ Нэгдүгээр зээл гудамж 150703002
Subdistrict 2 第二街道 Dì'èr Jiēdào ᠬᠣᠶᠠᠷᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ Хоёрдугаар зээл гудамж 150703003
Subdistrict 4 第四街道 Dìsì Jiēdào ᠳᠥᠷᠪᠡᠳᠦᠭᠡᠷ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ Дөрөвдүгээр зээл гудамж 150703004
Subdistrict 5 第五街道 Dìwǔ Jiēdào ᠲᠠᠪᠤᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ Тавдугаар зээл гудамж 150703005
Town
Lingquan Town 灵泉镇 Língquán Zhèn ᠯᠢᠩ ᠴᠢᠦᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ Лин чиован балгас 150703100

Transportation

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Jalainur's railway station is the midway stop between Manzhouli, the port city that stands close to the Russian border and Hailar District the seat of Hulunbuir. It is on the famous Manchuria branch of the Trans-Siberian express route and China National Highway 301.

Tourist attractions

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A scale model of Moscow's Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat (popularly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral) has been built in Jalainur. The building houses a science museum.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Inner Mongolia: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. ^ 扎赉诺尔区人民政府. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  3. ^ Hessler, Peter (2016-02-09), "Invisible Bridges: Life Along the Chinese-Russian Border", The New Yorker
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