I. Geographic location. Wuhai longitude 106.36 ° to 107.05 °, latitude 39.15 ° to 39.52 ° between the north and south about 80 kilometers long, east and west 30 kilometers wide. In terms of administrative division, in the western part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Wuhai is under the jurisdiction of three municipal districts of Haibeowan, Wuda and Hainan, and the seat of government is Haibeowan District. Wuhai is bordered on the east by the cities of Ordos (to the south) and Bayannur (to the north), and on the west by the League of Alxa. To the south it borders the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In terms of topography and geomorphology, Wuhai City is located in the southwest side of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, "a few words" near the Bay, east of the Ordos Plateau, west of the Alxa Plateau, south of the Ningxia Plateau, north of the Hetao Plateau, the Wuhai region geotectonically belongs to the Praying Mountains, the Luliang Mountains, the Helan Mountains, the northern tip of the mountain spine structure as well as the I-Shaan Shield north west of the edge of the zone. The edge of the Yishan Shield. Around Wuhai are the Tengger Desert, Ulan Buh Desert, and Mao Wusu Desert, so Wuhai is basically an oasis city. However, Wuhai's economic and transportation role is very important, Wuhai is an important hub connecting Northwest China and North China, but also the center of the yellow economic belt of "Ning-Shaan-Mongolia", but also Hohhot, Baotou, Ordos, the Golden Triangle of the extension of the economic zone. Beijing-Lanzhou Railway, 109, 110 National Highway and Beijing-Tibet Expressway across the Urumqi; civil aviation airport has opened Urumqi - Hohhi-Beijing; Urumqi - Xi'an; Urumqi - Xi'an - Guangzhou and other air routes.

Two, the city profile. Wuhai in 1976 by the former Bayannur League (now Bayannur City) of Uda City (now Uda District), Ikezhao League (now Ordos City) of the city of Haibowan (now Haibowan District), the merger was established. And the beloved Premier Zhou named "Wuhai City" after Hohhot and Baotou became the third prefecture-level city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (license plate: Meng C, area code: 0473). With an area of 1,754 square kilometers and a population of about 500,000, it has no rural households, all of which are urban households, and the former rural residents are now enjoying all kinds of social insurance in the city. Wuhai because it is a city because of the people, in the 1970s there are a lot of support to the intellectuals, workers put down roots here, so there are many nationalities, there are Han, Mongolia, Hui, Manchu, North Korea, Daur, Russia, white, Li, Siber, Uyghur, Zhuang, Ewenke, Erenchun, Dong and other nationalities (I am Mongolian, my aunt's cousin is satisfied, uncle's family has a cousin is Yi, my colleague graduated from the University of work he is Dong), and my colleague graduated from college to work here! work he is Dong), so Wuhai basically no dialect, pass the Mandarin.

Three, mineral resources. Wuhai has been known as the "sea of gold", "Seychelles Coal City" reputation, mineral resources are very rich, has a unique resource advantage. Proven metal, non-metallic mineral deposits up to 37 kinds. Among them, coal has more than 3 billion tons of proven reserves, mostly high-quality coking coal, accounting for 60% of the proven coking coal reserves in the whole autonomous region, which is an important coking coal base of the country; limestone reserves of more than 20 billion tons, with an average content of 50-54% of calcium oxide, which is a high-quality raw material for the development of building materials, such as cement, calcium carbide, PVC and other chemical products; high-quality quartz sand, quartzite, with a total reserve of 5 billion tons, which is a superior raw material for the production of glass and its products; coal and non-metallic deposits are 37 kinds of minerals. The total reserves of high-quality quartz sand and quartzite amount to 5 billion tons, which is the best raw material for producing glass and its products; the reserves of coal kaolin are more than 1.1 billion tons, accounting for about one-fifth of the nation's proven reserves, which is the high-quality raw material for the production of fine kaolin and special alumina; the refractory clay is 385 million tons; gypsum is 13 million tons; and silica is 12 million tons. In addition, there are also dolomites, iron ore, lead, zinc, etc., and the natural gas resources of Sulige gas field have been introduced into the city. Within a radius of 150 kilometers around Wuhai City, there are also abundant and large amounts of natural salt, alkali, mannite, gypsum, anthracite and other resources. Wuhai City is also rich in water resources, the Yellow River flows through the city for 105 kilometers, with 9.3 billion cubic meters of proven groundwater reserves. Surface runoff and groundwater form a complementary system, which can meet the water demand for development. So Wuhai now has a well-developed industrial and mining industry.

Four, tourism resources. Wuhai City has rich tourism resources, there are three world-class tourism products, one is the Table Mountain (from a distance looks like the table of the Eight Immortals) petroglyphs (primitive tribal relics), is the Neolithic to the Bronze Age of the northern nomads of the art treasures, wide distribution, large number, rich in content, style and simplicity, in the domestic and foreign petroglyphs occupies a very high position; the second is known as the "living fossil" in academia. The second is the national protected plant "living fossil" (the giant panda of the plant world); the third is the Carboniferous Silicified Wood with the longest length of 40 meters and the bottom diameter of 1 meter, which is the largest in Asia. In addition, Wuhai City also has Li Huazhong beach, poplar island (poplar trees can tolerate the desert in the arid, changeable harsh climate, saline and alkali have a strong tolerance, people praise that poplar life and not die a thousand years, death and not fall a thousand years, fall and not perish for a thousand years), such as the Yellow River in the few beaches and islands, the neighboring areas also have many tourist attractions, the famous Helan Mountain Natural Scenic Area, the tomb of the Western Xia Kings, the sandy lake, the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan and so on, and so on. In recent years, Wuhai actively explore the existing tourism resources, and now is also building Gandel Mountain (within the territory of Haibowan), Ulan Nur Lake (within the territory of Wuda) and other tourism projects.

Fifth, culture and other. Wuhai people are hospitable, when you come to Wuhai here friends will be very warm hospitality. The specialties here are stewed noodles, stuffed skin, braised pickles, Albas, Talia and other Mongolian food, as well as Sichuan, Lu, Guangdong, Huaihua, Zhejiang, Beijing and other major cuisine master chef at the helm. Wuhai's Hansen wine, Bayinbao eggs and field vegetables are all famous agricultural and sideline products here. The most famous agricultural specialty of Wuhai is grapes, and Wuhai is known as Turpan on the Plateau. Of course, wolfberry is also one of the specialties of Wuhai. Wuhai City is also a famous calligraphy city in China, named by the Chinese Calligraphy Association (CCA) as "Chinese Calligraphy City", which is another "Chinese Calligraphy City" named by the CCA after six "Chinese Calligraphy Cities" such as Anyang, Kaifeng, Linyi, Shaohsing, Suzhou, Xuzhou, and so on. "Chinese Calligraphy City". The city's population of 500,000 people and Wuhai City Calligraphers Association has more than 1,500 members, Inner Mongolia Calligraphy Association members of 121 people in Wuhai, the Chinese Calligraphy Association members of 21 people in Wuhai. In the city of Wuhai, whether in the dining and lodging entertainment, or in visiting friends and relatives, official activities, at any time and anywhere will see a pair of exquisite calligraphy and painting. Calligraphy and painting as a gift is a fashion in Wuhai City. Wuhai there is even such a saying "no calligraphy and painting at home, not Wuhai people".