Dorbod Banner

The Chinese name for the banner siziwang, literally "four princes", derives from the area's historic rule by four brothers. The Mongolian name for the banner dorbed means "of four".{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

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The area of Dorbod Banner was ruled by four Mongol brothers, Sengge (Сэнгэ, {{Lang-zh|c=僧格|s=|t=|p=}}), Suonuobu ({{Lang-zh|c=索諾布|s=|t=|p=}}), Bonpo (Бумба, {{Lang-zh|c=鄂木布|s=|t=|p=}}) and Yi'erzhamu ({{Lang-zh|c=伊爾扎木|s=|t=|p=}}), who were descendants of Hasar, a brother of Genghis Khan.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} They led their tribe in participating in the Manchu Qing Dynasty's conquest of Ming China in the early 17th century.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} In recognition of their service, the Qing court made Emubu the Duoluo Commandery Prince ({{Lang-zh|c=多羅郡王|s=|t=|p=}}) in 1649 and settled their tribe in the area of modern Siziwang Banner.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} The title was hereditary and passed through fourteen of his descendants before the Chinese Communist Party abolished all hereditary titles in Inner Mongolia in 1949.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} The last prince, Sudanamuchaogeji ({{Lang-zh|c=蘇達那木朝格吉|s=|t=|p=}}), died as a private citizen in 1957.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} There is a sculpture of the four original princes in Wulanhua, erected in 2003.{{ref|transcript}}

To its east lies Sonid Right Banner, Qahar Right Rear Banner, and Qahar Right Middle Banner. To its south lies Wuchuan County and Zhuozi County. To its west lies Darhan Muminggan United Banner. Its north is formed by a {{Convert|104|km|mi|abbr=}} border with Mongolia.

Its seat of government, the town of Wulanhua, is located {{Convert|105|km|mi|abbr=}} away from Hohhot, and {{Convert|270|km|mi|abbr=}} away from Erlianhot.

The banner is located along the northern foothills of the Yin Mountains, and has an average elevation of {{Convert|1400|m|ft|abbr=}}. Most of the banner's area is grassland.

The banner experiences an average of {{Convert|250|mm|in|abbr=}} to {{Convert|300|mm|in|abbr=}} of precipitation annually. Its average annual temperature is {{Convert|3|°C|°F|abbr=}}.

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|location = Dorbod Banner, elevation {{convert|1445|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)

|Jan record high C = 8.8 |Jan record low C = -34.2

|Feb record high C = 14.9 |Feb record low C = -30.8

|Mar record high C = 20.9 |Mar record low C = -27.7

|Apr record high C = 28.7 |Apr record low C = -15.0

|May record high C = 32.3 |May record low C = -7.4

|Jun record high C = 36.5 |Jun record low C = 0.5

|Jul record high C = 36.9 |Jul record low C = 6.4

|Aug record high C = 33.5 |Aug record low C = 1.9

|Sep record high C = 32.2 |Sep record low C = -5.4

|Oct record high C = 24.3 |Oct record low C = -14.1

|Nov record high C = 17.9 |Nov record low C = -27.1

|Dec record high C = 12.4 |Dec record low C = -32.7

|year high C = |year low C =

|year high F = |year low F =

|Jan high C = -6.7

|Feb high C = -2.3

|Mar high C = 4.9

|Apr high C = 13.5

|May high C = 20.0

|Jun high C = 24.8

|Jul high C = 26.9

|Aug high C = 24.9

|Sep high C = 19.7

|Oct high C = 12.0

|Nov high C = 2.6

|Dec high C = -5.0

|Jan mean C = -14.3

|Feb mean C = -9.9

|Mar mean C = -2.2

|Apr mean C = 6.3

|May mean C = 13.2

|Jun mean C = 18.3

|Jul mean C = 20.7

|Aug mean C = 18.5

|Sep mean C = 12.8

|Oct mean C = 5.0

|Nov mean C = -4.2

|Dec mean C = -11.8

|Jan low C = -19.9

|Feb low C = -15.7

|Mar low C = -8.2

|Apr low C = -0.4

|May low C = 6.2

|Jun low C = 11.7

|Jul low C = 14.7

|Aug low C = 12.6

|Sep low C = 7.0

|Oct low C = -0.4

|Nov low C = -9.1

|Dec low C = -16.9

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 3.5

|Feb precipitation mm = 4.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 7.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 13.0

|May precipitation mm = 29.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 44.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 81.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 63.6

|Sep precipitation mm = 43.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 18.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 7.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 4.3

|Jan humidity = 59

|Feb humidity = 53

|Mar humidity = 43

|Apr humidity = 35

|May humidity = 37

|Jun humidity = 46

|Jul humidity = 57

|Aug humidity = 60

|Sep humidity = 56

|Oct humidity = 52

|Nov humidity = 55

|Dec humidity = 58

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.4

|Feb precipitation days = 4.9

|Mar precipitation days = 5.7

|Apr precipitation days = 5.0

|May precipitation days = 6.8

|Jun precipitation days = 11.1

|Jul precipitation days = 11.4

|Aug precipitation days = 11.1

|Sep precipitation days = 9.0

|Oct precipitation days = 5.4

|Nov precipitation days = 5.8

|Dec precipitation days = 6.1

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 212.9

|Feb sun = 213.6

|Mar sun = 260.0

|Apr sun = 275.4

|May sun = 304.1

|Jun sun = 284.7

|Jul sun = 298.9

|Aug sun = 288.0

|Sep sun = 255.4

|Oct sun = 250.6

|Nov sun = 209.1

|Dec sun = 197.9

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 72

| Feb percentsun = 71

| Mar percentsun = 70

| Apr percentsun = 69

| May percentsun = 67

| Jun percentsun = 63

| Jul percentsun = 66

| Aug percentsun = 68

| Sep percentsun = 69

| Oct percentsun = 74

| Nov percentsun = 72

| Dec percentsun = 70

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 8.7

|Feb snow days = 7.2

|Mar snow days = 7.3

|Apr snow days = 3.7

|May snow days = 1.0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0.3

|Oct snow days = 3.1

|Nov snow days = 7.4

|Dec snow days = 9.0

|year snow days =

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Dorbod Banner is divided into 5 towns, 3 townships, and 5 sums.{{Cite web|date=2022|script-title=zh:2022年统计用区划代码（四子王旗）|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2022/15/09/150929.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of China|language=zh}}

Other: Ulan Pasture (乌兰牧场)

As of 2009, the banner is home to 216,990 people, up from the 180,568 reported in the 2000 Census.

The banner's ethnic minorities include 18,902 Mongols (8.71% of the total population), 1,086 Manchus (0.50%), and 837 Hui people (0.39%).

Mineral deposits in the banner include gold, copper, nickel, manganese, fluorite, gypsum, coal, and thenardite.

The banner served as the landing sites for China's Shenzhou program.

A pasture known as Amugulang, located in Honggor Sum, about {{convert|60|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Wulanhua, served as the landing site for the Shenzhou-6 spacecraft.{{Cite web|date=2005-10-15|title=People's Daily Online -- Primary landing site ready to greet Chinese taikonauts back home|url=http://en.people.cn/200510/15/print20051015_214446.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218162242/http://en.people.cn/200510/15/print20051015_214446.html|archive-date=2020-12-18|access-date=2020-12-18|website=people.cn}} A specially constructed {{convert|64.69|km|mi|abbr=on}} road runs from Wulanhua to Honggor to aid the recovery of the Shenzhou spacecraft, and to boost the local economy. This road shortened the journey between the two towns from two hours to just 40 minutes.

Chinese space program recovery teams (with SUV and recovery trucks) track the progress of re-entry near the landing site and arrive shortly after landing.[http://www.astronautix.com/flights/shezhou5.htm Shenzhou 5] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628182248/http://www.astronautix.com/flights/shezhou5.htm |date=2011-06-28 }}

A small recovery trucks fitted with a crane lifts the capsule and places it on the rear of the truck for transportation back to the space centre.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

Since the final landing of Shenzhou 11 in Dorbod Banner in 2016, new facilities have been built to hasten the retrieval process for various spacecraft.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

In December 2020, the Chang'e 5 spacecraft landed in Dorbod Banner following a successful collection of Moon rocks.{{Cite magazine|date=2020-12-16|title=Chinese Capsule Returns to Earth Carrying Moon Rocks|url=https://time.com/5922406/china-capsule-moon-rocks/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217184032/https://time.com/5922406/china-capsule-moon-rocks/|archive-date=2020-12-17|access-date=2020-12-17|magazine=Time}}

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1. {{note|transcript}} — All of the names presented here are transcribed from Chinese language sources using Hanyu Pinyin into the Roman alphabet. However, as these names are Mongolian and/or Manchu in origin, it would be much more accurate to transcribe them directly from those languages. These transcriptions are, however, unavailable as of now.

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