Dongsheng District ( Mongolian: ''Düŋšėŋ toɣoriɣ''; ; alternate spelling English: Koshang;

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: Košang) is a District and the seat of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It has a district population of 574,242. The district is predominantly Han Chinese, but has a significant Mongol minority.

History

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, a brand new (city) from Dongsheng.

Geography

Ordos's prefectural administrative region occupies 86,752 square kilometres (33,495 sq mi) and covers the bigger part of the Ordos Desert, although the urban area itself is relatively small. The region borders the prefectures of Hohhot to the east, Baotou to the northeast, Bayan Nur to the north, Alxa League to the northwest, Wuhai to the west, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to its southwest, and the provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi to the south.

Transportation

* China National Highway 210

References

External links

Dongsheng Government Website
County-level divisions of Inner Mongolia Ordos City {{InnerMongolia-geo-stub