Shiguai District
district in Inner Mongolia, China
Shiguai District or Xiguit District (Chinese: 石拐区; Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠭᠤᠶᠢᠲᠤ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ) is an outlying district of Baotou, the largest city of Inner Mongolia, China.
The district is home to Badekar Monastery and the national park that surrounds it.
Administrative divisions
Shiguai District is made up of 6 subdistricts, 1 town, and 1 sum.
“Shiguai District” enters the record as district in Inner Mongolia, China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shiguai, District and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1201630. Authority coordinates are 40.672, 110.267. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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