Dongsheng | |
Other Name: | Tungsheng |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | China Inner Mongolia#China |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Label: | Dongsheng |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Inner Mongolia |
Coordinates: | 39.7667°N 164°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
Subdivision Name1: | Inner Mongolia |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Ordos |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Tianjiao Subdistrict |
Area Urban Km2: | 130 |
Area Urban Footnotes: | (2018)[1] |
Population Urban: | 745000 |
Population Urban Footnotes: | (2018) |
Area Total Km2: | 2,160 |
Elevation M: | 1299 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 574,242 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Mon: | Донгшенг дүүрэг |
Monr: | Düŋšėŋ toɣoriɣ |
Order: | st |
S: | 东胜区 |
T: | 東勝區 |
P: | Dōngshèng Qū |
Dongsheng District (Mongolian: ; ; alternate spelling English: Koshang; Turkic: Košang) is a District and the seat of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. It has a district population of 574,242. The district is predominantly Han Chinese, but has a significant Mongol minority.
Dongsheng is also the fastest growing district of Ordos City, half of the district being under construction. To enable further expansion, officials in 2003 planned the nearby district of Kangbashi, a brand new (city) 25km (16miles) from Dongsheng.
Dongsheng District is made up of 12 subdistricts and 3 towns.
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Mongolian (Hudum Script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
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Subdistricts | |||||
Jiaotong Subdistrict | Chinese: 交通街道 | Mongolian: Зам харилцаа зээл гудамж | 150602001 | ||
Gongyuan Subdistrict | Chinese: 公园街道 | Mongolian: Цэцэрлэг зээл гудамж | 150602002 | ||
Linyin Subdistrict | Chinese: 林荫街道 | Mongolian: Лин ин зээл гудамж | 150602003 | ||
Jianshe Subdistrict | Chinese: 建设街道 | Mongolian: Жаан ше зээл гудамж | 150602004 | ||
Fuxing Subdistrict | Chinese: 富兴街道 | Mongolian: Фү шин зээл гудамж | 150602005 | ||
Tianjiao Subdistrict | Chinese: 天骄街道 | Mongolian: Даяан жяо зээл гудамж | 150602006 | ||
Olon Subdistrict | Chinese: 诃额伦街道 | Mongolian: Өэлүн зээл гудамж | 150602007 | ||
Bayan Mongh Subdistrict | Chinese: 巴音门克街道 | Mongolian: Баянөмөнх зээл гудамж | 150602008 | ||
Xingfu Subdistrict | Chinese: 幸福街道 | Mongolian: Жаргал зээл гудамж | 150602010 | ||
Fangzhi Subdistrict | Chinese: 纺织街道 | Mongolian: Нэхмэл зээл гудамж | 150602011 | ||
Xingsheng Subdistrict | Chinese: 兴胜街道 | Mongolian: Шин шен зээл гудамж | 150602012 | ||
Minzu Subdistrict | Chinese: 民族街道 | Mongolian: Үндэстэн зээл гудамж | 150602012 | ||
Towns | |||||
Burjang Nur Town | Chinese: 泊尔江海子镇 | Mongolian: Бурзан нуур балгас | 150602100 | ||
Hantai Town | Chinese: 罕台镇 | Mongolian: Хантай балгас | 150602101 | ||
Tongchuan Town | Chinese: 铜川镇 | Mongolian: Дүн цюан балгас | 150602102 | ||
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.