Alongshan | |
Official Name: | Alongshan town |
Native Name: | 阿龙山镇 |
Mapframe: | yes |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Hulunbuir |
Subdivision Type3: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name3: | Genhe |
Alongshan is a town in Inner Mongolia, China. It is administrated by the county-level city of Genhe under the prefecture-level city of Hulunbuir.[1] The index patient of the tick-borne Alongshan virus came from the town of Alongshan and presented to a county hospital in Hulunbuir. This led the newly-discovered virus to be named after the town.[2]
Alongshan is located on the southwestern part of the Aokeli man-made mountain .
Alongshan town has three subdivisions, all of which are residential communities : Zhenxi, Zhenbei, and Zhendong .[3] The names mean "west of town", "north of town", and "east of town" respectively.