Get to know Wuhai
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- Administrative area
- Prefecture-level city · 地级市
- Part of
- Inner Mongolia
- Chinese name
- 乌海市
- Local areas
- 3 local areas
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,754.00 km²
- Population · 2017
- 631,000
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Transportation
Wuhai lies on a major Yellow River train route, connecting a large number of cities in Inner Mongolia, central and southern China. Travel time from Beijing by train is approximately 20 hours and from Baotou about a 4-hour train journey.
The Wuhai Yellow River Road Bridge is one of the Yellow River crossings in the city.
Cuisine
Wuhai's dining scene consists of numerous small bars and restaurants, catering for a range of Chinese, Mongolian and western cuisines. Popular dishes include:
Hot pot serving a type of Chinese meat and vegetable fondue in a traditional "uni-pot" way or a modern "personal pot" styles. Pots are filled with either creamy or spicy soups and set on fire which is built into the table. Thinly-sliced meat, vegetables and flat noodles are served uncooked. It is up to the customer to add the ingredients to the hot-pot sitting on the table where it's cooked in seconds.
Explore Wuhai
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Wuhai
The railway-station building in Wuhai · 乌海 Photograph date recorded by the source: 15 April 2009.Wuhai乌海
Wuhai is a Yellow River city at the meeting of desert and industrial landscapes. The lake created beside Haibowan gives the urban waterfront an unusually broad outlook, with the Ulan Buh sands beyond. The city also supports an…
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Wuhai Lake · 乌海湖Wuhai Lake乌海湖
Wuhai Lake is an expanded reach of the Yellow River created by the Haibowan water-control project. Its distinctive landscape comes from the meeting of open water and the Ulan Buh desert on the western side. No. 1 Wharf is the…
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Wuhai local specialties
乌海市特色美食 · 7 specialties to discover
Wuhai Grape Chicken 乌海葡萄鸡AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Wuhai Grape Chicken (乌海葡萄鸡) is listed among the local specialties of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia. The name includes 鸡 (chicken).
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Wuhai Stewed Arbas Goat 炖羊肉
Wuhai Stewed Arbas Goat (炖羊肉) is a plainly seasoned stew of goat meat on the bone from Wuhai (乌海), a city on the Yellow River with the Ordos grassland at its back.
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Roast Lamb Ribs 烤羊排
Roast Lamb Ribs (烤羊排) belong to the barbecue of Wuhai (乌海), the Inner Mongolian city on the Yellow River with the Ordos grassland (鄂尔多斯草原) at its back.
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Mongolian Milk Tea 蒙古奶茶
Mongolian Milk Tea (蒙古奶茶) in Hohhot (呼和浩特) can be a pot of tea and milk enriched with grains, dairy foods and dried meat.
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Scrambled Eggs with Sand Onion 沙葱炒鸡蛋
Scrambled Eggs with Sand Onion (沙葱炒鸡蛋) is a stir-fry of eggs and sand onion (沙葱), the desert plant known to botanists as Mongolian chive (蒙古韭). Popular Science China (科普中国) calls it the most home-style way to cook sand onion.
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Yellow River Fish 黄河鱼AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Yellow River Fish (黄河鱼) in Wuhai (乌海), Inner Mongolia, means fish from the Yellow River (黄河) cooked in the city's fish restaurants and homes, above all stewed whole.
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Hand-Held Boiled Mutton 手扒羊肉AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Hand-Held Boiled Mutton (手扒羊肉) is lamb boiled in large pieces and eaten with the fingers, one of the Mongolian dishes served in the city of Wuhai (乌海), Inner Mongolia.
Read the dish guide →More dishes from across Inner Mongolia are in the Inner Mongolia food guide.
Counties & districts in Wuhai
3 areas belong directly to Wuhai.
3 areas
Haibowan District 海勃湾区
Haibowan District (Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠷᠤᠪ ᠤᠨ ᠲᠣᠬᠣᠢ ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 海勃湾区) or Hairibin Tohoi District is a district of the city of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
Explore the area →DistrictHainan District 海南区
Hainan District (Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠨᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 海南区) is one of three districts of the city of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China, bordering Ningxia to the southwest.
Explore the area →DistrictWuda District 乌达区
Wuda District or Ud District (Mongolian: ᠤᠳᠠ ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 乌达区) is a district of the city of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China, located on the west (left) bank of the Yellow River.
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Plan your visit
Getting there
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Wuhai and Wuhai Lake are about 8 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Background text adapted from Wuhai — Wikipedia contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text has been shortened and reorganized; source revision 1372048315.
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Photo: Wuhai Lake · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.
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