'Tongliao' (
SC: 通辽,
TC: 通遼;
pinyin: Tōngliáo
Mongolian: Tüngliao hot) is a
prefecture-level city in eastern
Inner Mongolia,
China. Population is 3,028,419 (as of
31 November 2001); the city has 411,625 inhabitants (2001). Tongliao Power Station is located here.
Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities and
Inner Mongolia College of Farming and Animal Husbandry are among the educational institutions of Tongliao. Not far from Tongliao are silica sands.
The original Mongolian name for Tongliao is Baishingt.
External links
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www.tongliao.gov.cn (in Chinese)
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www.tongliao.info (in Chinese)