Baotou (simplified Chinese: 包头; traditional Chinese: 包頭; pinyin: Bāotóu, Mongolian: Buγutu) is a prefecture-level city and the largest city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China with a population of approximately 1.7 million. The city's Mongolian name means "place with deer", and an alternate name in Chinese is "Deer City" (Chinese: 鹿城; pinyin: Lùchéng).