Chifeng City, one of the nine prefecture-level cities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is located in the southeast of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at the junction of Mongolia, Hebei and Liaoning provinces, bordering Chaoyang City in the southeast, Chengde City in Hebei Province in the southwest, Tongliao City in the east and Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia in the northwest.
The city is located inland and belongs to the temperate semi-arid continental monsoon climate zone; The city covers a total area of 9002 1 km2, and governs 3 districts, 7 flags and 2 counties. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0: 00 June 2020 165438+ 10 October 1, Chifeng has a permanent population of 4,035,967, which is the largest population city in Inner Mongolia and the central city in eastern Inner Mongolia.
Chifeng means Hongshan, and the Mongolian word "Ulan Hada" is named after the ochre mountain peak in the northeast of the city. Chifeng City was originally Zhaowuda League, which is Mongolian and Chinese means "Bai Liu". The municipal government is located in Songshan District.