Baotou city is located in the hinterland of Bohai economic circle and the resource interchange of upper reaches of the Yellow River, the geographical position is east longitude 109 ° 15 '~110 ° 26', north latitude 40 ° 15 '~42 ° 43 ′ and altitude is 1067.2m. Baotou is an important part of national economic belt of Hohhot, Baotou, Yinchuan and Yulin and Inner Mongolia economic circle of Hohhot,...

Baotou is located in the semi-arid temperate continental monsoon climate zone, the average rainfall is 310 mm in most years, in the two quarters of winter and spring, the frozen snow in Northland scenery and the spring and autumn cool make the city become an ideal summer place. In 2012, the average temperature is 7.2℃, the annual average wind speed is 1.2m/s, the annual total precipitation is ...

Mineral resources in Baotou feature great varieties, large reserves, high grade, concentrated distribution and easy exploitation, especially the metal mineral resources are richly endowed by nature, of which the rare earth mine is not only the advantageous resources of Baotou, but also the treasure of national mineral resources. There are 74 minerals found in Baotou including 14 types of minera...

At the end of 2012, the total permanent residents reached 2,732,000, which had an increase of 39,000 than the end of last year, of which 2,223,000 were urban residents and 509,000 were rural residents. The urbanization rate was 81.4%.