Alxa League
Alxa League
阿拉善盟 • ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ | |
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ISO 3166 code | CN-NM-29 |
Website | www |
Alxa League | |||||
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Chinese name | |||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | Алшаа аймаг | ||||
Mongolian script | ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ | ||||
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Alxa League or Alashan League (
Bayan Nur to the northeast, Wuhai and Ordos to the east, Ningxia to the southeast, and Gansu to the south and west. The capital is Bayanhot Town (Chinese: 巴彥浩特镇), formerly known as Dingyuanying (定远营镇) or Wang Ye Fu,[2] in the aimag's Left Banner. The Mongolian variety spoken in this area is the Alasha dialect
.
Demographics
In the 2020 census, there were 262,361 inhabitants. Alxa is the least populated region of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
A number of residents have been relocated from the growing Tengger Desert.[3]
Economy
Since 2010, Alxa League has frequently appeared as one of the most prosperous prefecture-level divisions in all of China when measured by GDP per capita; in 2013, the GDP per head was approximately US$30,000. If using this measure alone, Alxa was ranked first in China, even higher than its neighbor
clean coal" technology operator, and the Inner Mongolia-based Taiximei Group. Due to its remote location, much of the economic activity takes place with the support of migrant laborers
from other parts of China. The high per capita GDP is not reflected in the salaries of the average low-skilled worker, which is on par with other mid-sized Chinese cities.
Administrative subdivisions
Alxa is divided into three
banners
:
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Name | Mongolian | Simplified Chinese |
Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010) |
Area (km2) |
Density (/km2) |
Alxa Left Banner (Alxa Jun Banner) |
ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Alaša Jegün qosiɣu) |
阿拉善左旗 | Ālāshàn Zuǒ Qí | 173,494 | 80,412 | 2.15 |
Alxa Right Banner (Alxa Barun Banner) |
ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Alaša Baraɣun qosiɣu) |
阿拉善右旗 | Ālāshàn Yòu Qí | 25,430 | 72,556 | 0.35 |
Ejin Banner | ᠡᠵᠡᠨᠡ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Ejen-e qosiɣu) |
额济纳旗 | Éjìnà Qí | 32,410 | 114,606 | 0.28 |
See also
References
- ISBN 978-7-5037-7901-5.
- ^ Wulsin, Frederick R. (February 1926). "The Road to Wang Ye Fu". National Geographic Magazine. 49 (2): 197.
- ^ Haner, Josh, et al. (24 October 2016). Living in China's Expanding Deserts, The New York Times
- ^ 内蒙古自治区第七次全国人口普查领导小组办公室、内蒙古自治区统计局. "内蒙古人口普查年鉴-2020".
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