Ceke Port of Entry () is a

port of entry In general, a port of entry (POE) is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has border security staff and facilities to check passports and visas and to inspect luggage to assure that contraband is not imported. Internat ...

on China's

border Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders ca ...

with Mongolia. The only international border crossing within

Alxa League Alxa League or Ālāshàn League (; mn, , Mongolian Cyrillic. Алшаа аймаг) is one of 12 prefecture level divisions and 3 extant leagues of Inner Mongolia. The league borders Mongolia to the north, Bayan Nur to the northeast, Wuha ...

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

, Ceke is located in Ejin Banner, in the

Gobi Desert The Gobi Desert ( Chinese: 戈壁 (沙漠), Mongolian: Говь (ᠭᠣᠪᠢ)) () is a large desert or brushland region in East Asia, and is the sixth largest desert in the world. Geography The Gobi measures from southwest to northeast a ...

. The locality on the opposite, (Outer) Mongolian, side of the border is called Shivee Khuren. Ceke's importance is primarily due to its location on the road from China to the

Nariin Sukhait mining complex The Nariin Sukhait or Ovoot Tolgoi mining complex ( mn, Нарийн Сухайт / Овоот Толгой) is located in the Gurvan tes sum (district) of Ömnögovi Province in Southern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; litera ...

(Ovoot Tolgoi) in Mongolia. The Chinese part of the road is known as Inner Mongolia Provincial Highway 315 (S315). Presently, there is only a highway border crossing at Ceke, which has been upgraded to 8 lanes in January 2013. New Gate opens for Coal transportation in Mongolia
/ref> There are three railway terminals at Ceke, at which coal trucked in from Outer Mongolia can be loaded on train and shipped out over the Jiayuguan–Ceke Railway, Ejin–Hami Railway or Linhe–Ceke Railway. Plans exist for extending the railway from Ceke to the Nariin Sukhait coal fields in Mongolia itself, so that transshipment at Ceke will not be necessary anymore.

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{{InnerMongolia-geo-stub Populated places in Inner Mongolia China–Mongolia border crossings Alxa League