Horqin District

Horqin District (Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 科尔沁区) is an administrative district of the prefecture-level city of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China, and its seat of government.

Horqin 科尔沁区 • ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ
District
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Tongliao divisions: Horqin is 1 on this map
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Coordinates: 43°37′21″N 122°15′21″E / 43.62250°N 122.25583°E / 43.62250; 122.25583
Country	China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Tongliao
District seat	Yongqing Subdistrict
Area
• Total	3,487 km2 (1,346 sq mi)
Elevation	179 m (587 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	921,808
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.keerqin.gov.cn

The district was formed in January 1999 upon the creation of the prefecture-level city of Tongliao from the former Jirem League. The boundaries of the district is roughly coterminous with the core urban area of Tongliao.

The local Mongolian dialect spoken in the area is Khorchin Mongolian; most people in the district speak Mandarin Chinese (the most commonly spoken dialect is Northeastern Mandarin).

The Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities is located in the district; it was founded in 2000 as an amalgamation of the Inner Mongolia Normal College of the Nationalities, the Mongol Medicine College of Inner Mongolia, and the Jirem College of Animal Husbandry.