Qingshuihe County
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Qingshuihe County (Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠩ ᠱᠦᠢ ᠾᠧ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ; Chinese: 清水河县) is a county of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, North China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hohhot, the capital of the autonomous region, bordering Shanxi province to the south and east. It is the southernmost county-level division of the regional capital of Hohhot, which lies more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the north.
Qingshuihe County
清水河县 • ᠴᠢᠩ ᠱᠦᠢ ᠾᠧ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ Tsingshuiho | |
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Coordinates: 39°55′N 111°41′E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
Prefecture-level city | Hohhot |
County seat | Chengguan Town |
Area | |
• Total | 2,807 km2 (1,084 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,164 m (3,819 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 76,674 |
• Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
Qingshuihe County | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 清水河县 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 清水河縣 | ||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | Чиншуйхө шянь | ||||||
Mongolian script | ᠴᠢᠩ ᠱᠦᠢ ᠾᠧ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ | ||||||
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In 2005, the county council started development on a new city, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the existing town of Qingshuihe, closer to Hohhot. Chinese media reports said the scheme would have cost more than $6b yuan ($880m, £610m) in total, many times more than the county government's annual expenditure. The council expected either local, regional or national help to complete the project, but this was not approved. In 2007, money for the project ran out, and development stopped, leaving both a half-developed and unoccupied city, as well as a lack of finances and resource to maintain the existing town.[2]