Alxa League or Ālāshàn League (; mn, Alasa ayimag

, Mongolian Cyrillic. Алшаа аймаг) is one of 12 prefecture level divisions and 3 extant

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. The league borders

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to the north,

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to the northeast,

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and

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to the east,

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to the southeast, and

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's Left Banner. The Mongolian variety spoken in this area is the

Alasha dialect Alasha (, in some Mongolian varieties ; Mongolian script: ', ), or , is a Mongolic variety with features of both Oirat and Mongolian that historically used to belong to Oirat but has come under the influence of Mongolian proper. It has more tha ...

Demographics

In the 2010 census, there were 231,334 inhabitants. Alxa is the least populated region of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. A number of residents have been relocated from the growing

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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 $30,000 USD. If using this measure alone, Alxa was ranked first in China, even higher than its neighbor

. Wealth in the region is not evenly distributed, and the numbers are skewed by its low permanent population. Much of the productive economic activity takes place under the auspices of several large companies operating in the region, extracting natural resources. These include

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Corporation, a " 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

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* {{authority control Prefecture-level divisions of Inner Mongolia Articles containing Mongolian script text

Demographics

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