Ordos City

Ordos (Chinese鄂尔多斯 市, pinyin Èěrduōsī shì ) is a prefecture-level city in the southwestern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north-central China. It extends from 37 ° 35'24 "to 40 ° 51'40 " north latitude, 106 ° 42'40 " to 111 ° 27'20 " east longitude. The city of Ordos has emerged from the Ih -Ju -Bund (伊克昭盟Yikezhao Meng ) on 26 February 2001. The former county-level city in the Dongsheng District Dongsheng town was transformed.

The administrative area of the city of Ordos has an area of ​​86,752 km ² and occupies most of the Ordos Plateau, a. It is bordered on the east by the city of Hohhot, north-east of the city of Baotou, north to the town of Bayan Nur, on the northwest by the Alxa Association, on the west by the city of Wuhai, on the southwest by the Autonomous Region Ningxia Hui and south by the provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi. The largest east - west distance is about 400 km, the largest north-south extent of about 340 km. Towards the end of 2004 had a population of around Ordos 1.36 million people.

The administrative area of the city of Ordos is coarse, sandy deserts in the north and the south and the plain are divided on the southern bank of the Yellow River in the north in a hilly area in the east, high plateaus in the west and in the center. Its greatest height it has in the west at 2149 m, ​​its lowest point lies in the east at 850 m above sea level. In the east, which averages 300-400 mm of precipitation a year, in the West there are 190-350 mm. The precipitates focus largely on the months of July to September.

Retort city Kangbashi

With the discovery of large coal and gas reserves in 2000 south of Dongsheng and the following in 2001 changed its name from Dongsheng, Ordos and the restructuring was accompanied by a redefinition of the city limits. 25-30 km from Dongsheng they built the planned city Kangbashi, a fully functioning city. You can hold 300,000 people, but was occupied in March 2012 just below 5,000 people. The settlement is therefore commonly referred to as a "ghost town".

Administrative Divisions

The city of Ordos is composed at the county level from a municipality and seven banners. These are:

  • City District Dongsheng (东胜 区), 2137 km ², 230,000 inhabitants ( 2004), seat of city government administrative center;
  • Dalat banner (达拉特旗), 8192 km ², 330,000 inhabitants ( 2004), capital: greater community Shulinzhao (树林 召 镇);
  • Jung -Gar -Banner (准格尔 旗), 7535 km ², 270,000 inhabitants ( 2004), capital: greater community Xuejiawan (薛家 湾镇);
  • Front Taking Pictures banner (鄂托克前旗), 12,318 km ², 70,000 inhabitants ( 2004), capital: greater community Oljoqi (敖 勒 召 其 镇);
  • Taking Pictures banner (鄂托克旗), 20,064 km ², 90,000 inhabitants (2004), capital: greater community Ulan (乌兰 镇);
  • Hanggin banner (杭锦旗), 18,903 km ², 130,000 inhabitants ( 2004), capital: large village Xin (锡 尼 镇);
  • Uxin banner (乌审旗), 11,645 km ², 100,000 inhabitants ( 2004), capital: greater community Galut (嘎鲁 图 镇);
  • Ejinhoro banner (伊金霍洛 旗), 5958 km ², 140,000 inhabitants (2004), capital: greater community Altan Xire (阿勒 腾 席 热 镇).

Ethnic structure of the population of Ordos (2000)

In census 2000 1.369.766 inhabitants were counted.

Evidence

  • Hu Yinan: Ghost town on chinadaily.com.cn
  • Kangbashi New District on ordos.gov.cn
  • Introducing China 's modern ghost town on metro.co.uk
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