Chifeng (Chinese 赤峰, Pinyin Chìfēng; Lit.: red peak) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast part of the Inner Mongolia, near the borders of Chaoyang prefecture in Liaoning province and Chengde prefecture in Hebei. It has roughly 479,300 inhabitiants, according to January 2002 estimates. Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Pinyin (拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Inner Mongolia (Mongolian: ᠥᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠨᠺᠤᠯᠤᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠺᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ Öbür Mongghul-un Öbertegen Jasaqu Orun; Chinese: 内蒙古自治区; Hanyu Pinyin: Nèi Měnggǔ Zìzhìqū) is an Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Chengde (承德, Pinyin: Chéngdé) is a city approximately one hundred miles northeast of Beijing in northeastern Hebei province, situated near the Luan River. ... Not to be confused with the unrelated province of Hubei Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: Hébĕi; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh), is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

It was formerly the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chifeng. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ...

Administrative divisions

Chifeng has three districts, two counties and seven banners: District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... A banner (Mongolian: khoshuu, Chinese: 旗, pinyin: qí) is an administrative division of Inner Mongolia. ...

Districts

• Hongshan District (红山, Hóngshān Qū)
• Yuanbaoshan District (元宝山区, Yuánbǎoshān Qū)
• Songshan District (松山区, Sōngshān Qū)

Counties

• Ningcheng County (宁城县, Níngchéng Xiàn)
• Linxi County (林西县, Línxī Xiàn)

Banners

• Ar Horqin Banner (阿鲁科尔沁旗, Ālǔkē'ěrqìn Qí)
• Bairin Left Banner (巴林左旗, Bālín Zuǒ Qí)
• Bairin Right Banner (巴林右旗, Bālín Yòu Qí)
• Hexigten Banner (克什克腾旗, Kèshíkèténg Qí)
• Ongniud Banner (翁牛特旗, Wēngniútè Qí)
• Harqin Banner (喀喇沁旗, Kālāqìn Qí)
• Aohan Banner (敖汉旗, Áohàn Qi)