What was Baotou called in ancient times?

Baotou was called Jiuyuan and Lucheng in ancient times.

Baotou is located in North China, at the southern end of the Mongolian Plateau, in the middle of Inner Mongolia, near the Yellow River in the south, and the yinshan mountains runs through the middle of the city. Located in the hinterland of Bohai Economic Circle and Yellow River Economic Belt. It is an important hub connecting North China and Northwest China and a key development area of Inner Mongolia's opening to the outside world.

Baotou the yinshan mountains (bounded by Kundulun River) has Daqing Mountain and Wula Mountain, with an average elevation of 2,000 meters and the highest elevation of 2,324 meters. The city consists of three parts: the central mountainous area, the grassland in the northern mountainous area and the plain in the southern mountainous area. High in the middle, low in the north and south, high in the west and low in the east. The Yellow River flows through 2 14km in Baotou city, and two bridges, highway and railway, fly in parallel to the north and south of the Yellow River.

Regional culture:

As a typical immigrant city, Baotou has experienced several large-scale population movements since ancient times, thus creating a colorful and distinctive immigrant culture. Old Baotou is mainly Donghe District. From Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei to the west, the target is Baotou, and from Baotou to other places such as Khalkha Mongolia and Chatu, it is a gathering place and distribution center, and it is also the cradle of the prosperity of Shanxi merchants for 500 years.

Baotou has played an irreplaceable and indelible role in the development of Shanxi merchants, the development of Huitong world economy, the development of national bourgeoisie and the development and inheritance of cultural integration, leaving unlimited space for future generations. As a result, Baotou has produced a westward culture related to Shanxi and Shaanxi, in which the Errentai culture and the Shanxi merchant culture have brought indelible influence to Baotou.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Baotou