What cities are there in the northwest of China?

The main cities in northwest China are Hohhot, Baotou, Lanzhou, Xining and Yinchuan.

1, Hohhot: formerly known as Hohhot, it is the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the political, economic and cultural center, a national historical and cultural city, and an important central city in the northern frontier of China.

2. Baotou: It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and a large city with local legislative power. It is the manufacturing and industrial center, the largest city in Inner Mongolia, and the central city of Hu Baoyin Economic Belt and Hubao-Hubei Urban Agglomeration. It is an important basic industrial base in China and a global light and rare earth industrial center, and is known as "Grassland Steel City" and "Rare Earth Capital".

3. Lanzhou: referred to as "Lanzhou" for short, is the capital of Gansu Province, an important industrial base and comprehensive transportation hub in the northwest of China, one of the important central cities in the western region, and an important fulcrum of the West Longhai-Lanzhou New Economic Belt. As an important transportation hub and logistics center in the northwest of China, it is one of the five central cities in the China section of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge and the second largest city in the northwest.

4. Xining: It was called Qingtangcheng, Xiping County and Shanzhou in ancient times, meaning "Xi Chang An Ning". It is the capital of Qinghai Province, an important central city in northwest China, the political, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, transportation and communication center of Qinghai Province, an inland open city determined by the State Council, and the resident of Xining Joint Logistics Support Center of the Central Military Commission.

5. Yinchuan: referred to as "Silver" for short, is the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a national historical and cultural city, and one of the important central cities in northwest China. The military, political, economic, cultural, scientific research, transportation and financial center of the autonomous region is a comprehensive industrial city with the development of textile industry as the mainstay and the coordinated development of machinery, chemical industry and building materials industry.

References:

China Northwest-Baidu Encyclopedia