Hongort

Hongort (Mongolian: comitative case of "soft" or "darling", Chinese: 红格尔图; pinyin: Hongge'ertu; Wade–Giles: Hung-ko-erh-t'u) is a town (镇) of the Chahar Right Back Banner, which in turn is part of Ulanqab prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia, China. It is located about 30 km northwest of Shangdu county. In 2000, when it was still classified as township (乡), it had 11860 inhabitants.^[1]

In 1936, Hongort was the site of a battle between Chinese and pro-Japanese troops in the Suiyuan Campaign.^[2]

References

1. www.xzqh.org: 察哈尔右翼后旗—内蒙古自治区—中国—行政区划网 (in Chinese)
2. • 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations)
     • Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
     • Jiangsu People's Publishing House
     • Date published : 2005-7-1
     • ISBN 7-214-03034-9
     • Online in Chinese: http://www.wehoo.net/book/wlwh/a30012/A0170.htm
       • 第二部分：从“九一八”事变到西安事变日本侵绥的战备企图和中日 2
       • Second Part: From the "9/18" emergency to the Xi'an Incident Japanese invasion of Suiyuan to prepare their planned union of China and Japan

Coordinates: 41°41′47″N 113°08′42″E / 41.6965°N 113.1450°E