Altan Xire

Altan Xire
阿勒腾席热镇
Newly constructed office buildings in 2017
Altan Xire
Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates (Town government): 39°33′53″N 109°45′12″E / 39.5648°N 109.7534°E / 39.5648; 109.7534
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityOrdos
BannerEjin Horo Banner
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Altan Xire (sometimes rendered as Altanshiree, Atengxilian or Aletengxire; simplified Chinese: 阿勒腾席热镇; traditional Chinese: 阿勒騰席熱鎮; pinyin: Ālèténgxírè zhèn, Mongolian: Алтанширээ) is a town in and the county seat of Ejin Horo Banner, Inner Mongolia. Although administratively the chief town of a rural county, Altan Xire is highly urbanized with a skyscraper-filled central business district worthy of a large metropolis.