| Dalad Banner | |
| Settlement Type: | Banner |
| Pushpin Map: | China Inner Mongolia#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Dalad |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Inner Mongolia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Inner Mongolia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ordos |
| Seat Type: | Banner seat |
| Seat: | Shulinzhao |
| Area Total Km2: | 8,241.07 |
| Elevation M: | 1009 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Population Total: | 328,593 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coordinates: | 40.4°N 112°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Mon: | Далт хошуу |
| Monr: | Dalad qosiɣu |
| Order: | st |
| S: | 达拉特旗 |
| T: | 達拉特旗 |
| P: | Dálātè Qí |
Dalad Banner (Mongolian: ;) is a banner of western Inner Mongolia, China, lying on the southern (right) bank of the Yellow River. It is under the administration of Ordos City, although it is closer to the city of Baotou, to the north-northwest.
Dalad Banner is made up of 6 subdistrict, 8 towns, and 1 sum.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Mongolian (Hudum Script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subdistricts | |||||
| Gongye Subdistrict | Chinese: 工业街道 | Mongolian: Аж үйлдвэрийн зээл гудамж | 150621001 | ||
| Zhaojun Subdistrict | Chinese: 昭君街道 | Mongolian: Жуу жион зээл гудамж | 150621002 | ||
| Xin Subdistrict | Chinese: 锡尼街道 | Mongolian: Шинэ зээл гудамж | 150621003 | ||
| Baita Subdistrict | Chinese: 白塔街道 | Mongolian: Цагаан суварга зээл гудамж | 150621004 | ||
| Xiyuan Subdistrict | Chinese: 西园街道 | Mongolian: Ший юан зээл гудамж | 150621005 | ||
| Pingyuan Subdistrict | Chinese: 平原街道 | Mongolian: Пин юан зээл гудамж | 150621006 | ||
| Towns | |||||
| Shulinzhao Town | Chinese: 树林召镇 | Mongolian: Шагжамуни балгас | 150621100 | ||
| Jegstai Town | Chinese: 吉格斯太镇 | Mongolian: Зээстэй балгас | 150621101 | ||
| Bainijing Town | Chinese: 白泥井镇 | Mongolian: Бай нь жин балгас | 150621102 | ||
| Wanggin Ju Town | Chinese: 王爱召镇 | Mongolian: Вангийн жуу балгас | 150621103 | ||
| Zhaojun Town | Chinese: 昭君镇 | Mongolian: Жуу жион балгас | 150621104 | ||
| Enghebei Town | Chinese: 恩格贝镇 | Mongolian: Энхбай балгас | 150621105 | ||
| Zhonghexi Town | Chinese: 中和西镇 | Mongolian: Жүн ге ший балгас | 150621106 | ||
| Fengshuiliang Town | Chinese: 风水梁镇 | Mongolian: Фен шүй лан балгас | 150621107 | ||
| Sum | |||||
| Zandan Ju Sum | Chinese: 展旦召苏木 | Mongolian: Занданжуу сум | 150621200 | ||
Others:
The local industrial zone Dalad Economic Development Zone is home to chemical plants, aluminum smelters, and one of the world's largest bitcoin mining operations.[2] The operator of the zone's bitcoin mine Bitmain produced in 2017 about 5% of the world's daily production of Bitcoin in a facility with 25,000 computers tended to by about 50 employees.[2]
However, Inner Mongolia plans to ban cryptocurrency mining from April 2021.[3]