Ar Horqin Banner
Encyclopedia
Ar Horqin Banner is a banner of eastern Inner Mongolia
, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Chifeng
City, about 200 kilometres (124.3 mi) to the south-southwest. The banner lies on China National Highway 303
, running from Ji'an, Jilin
to Xilinhot
, Inner Mongolia. The Mongolian
dialect
spoken in Ar Khorchin is not Khorchin
, as the name suggests, but Baarin
.
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...
, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Chifeng
Chifeng
Chifeng , also known as Ulanhad, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol to the north and west, Tongliao to the northeast, Chaoyang prefecture of Liaoning province to the southeast, and Chengde prefecture of Hebei province to the...
City, about 200 kilometres (124.3 mi) to the south-southwest. The banner lies on China National Highway 303
China National Highway 303
China National Highway 303 runs from Ji'an, Jilin to Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia. It is 1,263 kilometres in length and runs northwest from Ji'an towards Jilin Province, Liaoning Province, and ends in Inner Mongolia.-Route and distance:...
, running from Ji'an, Jilin
Ji'an, Jilin
Ji'an is a county-level city in southwestern Jilin province, Northeast China. It belongs to the prefecture-level city of Tonghua. Ji'an has an area of and a population of approximately 230,000. The city was established as a city in 1988....
to Xilinhot
Xilinhot
Xilinhot is a county-level city which serves as the seat of government for the Xilin Gol league in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It has a jurisdiction area of , and a population of 177,000, with 149,000 being in the Xilinhot urban area....
, Inner Mongolia. The Mongolian
Mongolian language
The Mongolian language is the official language of Mongolia and the best-known member of the Mongolic language family. The number of speakers across all its dialects may be 5.2 million, including the vast majority of the residents of Mongolia and many of the Mongolian residents of the Inner...
dialect
Dialect
The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
spoken in Ar Khorchin is not Khorchin
Khorchin dialect
The Khorchin dialect is a variety of Mongolian spoken in the east of Inner Mongolia, namely in Hinggan League, in the north, north-east and east of Hinggan and in all but the south of the Tongliao region...
, as the name suggests, but Baarin
Baarin dialect
Baarin is a dialect of Mongolian spoken mainly in Inner Mongolia.-Location and classification:...
.