Alxa League
Alxa League
阿拉善盟 • ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ | |
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Hanging Temple (悬空寺) nearby Guangzong Temple, a monastery in the Alaša mountains. | |
Location of Alxa League in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates (Alxa Left Banner): 38°50′N 105°40′E / 38.83°N 105.67°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
| League seat | Alxa Left Banner (Bayanhot) |
| Area | |
• Total | 240,080 km2 (92,700 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 231,334 |
| • Density | 0.96/km2 (2.5/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 32.3 billion US$ 5.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 133,187 US$ 21,384 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-NM-29 |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 阿拉善盟 | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Алшаа аймаг | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ | ||||||
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Alxa League or Alashan League (Chinese: 阿拉善盟; pinyin: Ālāshàn Méng; Mongolian: alasha ayimag, 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, Wuhai and Ordos to the east, Ningxia to the southeast, and Gansu to the south and west. The capital is Bayanhot town (Chinese: 巴彦浩特镇), formerly known as Dingyuanying (定远营镇) or Wang Ye Fu, in the aimag's Left Banner. The Mongolian variety spoken in this area is the Alasha dialect.
