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Baotou
City in Inner Mongolia, China

Baotou

Baotou is the second-largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China.

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Governed as a prefecture-level city, its built-up area within its five urban districts is home to 2,261,089 people while the total population is 2,709,378 as of the 2020 census.

Get in

Getting to Baotou

  1. 01
    Baotou Donghe Airport
  2. 02
    Baotou East
  3. 03
    Baotou Station

    Main station for the western part of town.

  4. 04
    Baotoudong Railway
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Baotou Museum
  2. 02
    Baotou Rare Earths Museum
  3. 03
    Wudangzhao Lamasery
  4. 04
    Guyang County Section of the Great Wall
  5. 05
    Shiguai District Section of the Great Wall
  6. 06
    Nanhai National Wetland Park

    A protected wetland, scenic area, amusement park, and final approach route for the airport.

Do

Things to do

In Baotou, you can experience a rich variety of experiences: enjoy the natural beauty of the Maoming Grassland and the South China Sea Wetland, visit historical and cultural sites such as Wudangzhao, and learn about the grassland culture and the development of the rare earth industry.

  1. 01
    Dangerous Baotou
Eat

Where to eat

Try Mongolian hot pot with mutton, especially in the winter. Any mutton dish is worth trying as they raise sheep up in the mountains.

  1. 01
    Little Sheep Restaurant

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