Ordos
Ordos, also known as Ih Ju, is one of twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China.
Ordos, also known as Ih Ju, is one of twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China. It lies within the Ordos Plateau of the Yellow River. Ordos has been administered as a prefecture-level city since 2001, although built-up areas make up a small proportion of its surface area. Its population was 2,153,638 as of the 2020 census. Ordos City consists of three separate urban areas, the historical city center Dongsheng, a newly developed area at Kangbashi, and Altan Xire.
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Worth seeing in and around Ordos
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ordos Museum
The Ordos Museum is a museum in Kangbashi, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. The museum, which houses collections relating to the local history of Ordos and the surrounding area, was designed by Chinese design company MAD at the request of the local government and built by Huhehaote Construction.
700 m · museum in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Xiangshawan
- 02Mausoleum of Genghis Khan
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Things to do
- 01Ordos International Circuit
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Where to eat
Kangbashi Food Plaza (Adjacent to the Ordos Cultural Arts Center). Several floors of restaurants and a second floor mall-style food court. A shop on the first floor sells provincial goodies including goat milk powder and spirits infused with milk. US$5 (food court stalls).
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Getting to Ordos
- Airports
- Ordos Ejin Horo (DSN), 14 km · Baotou Donghe (BAV), 108 km · Hohhot Baita (HET), 222 km
- Stations
- Ordos Railway Station, 6.6 km
- Baotou → Ordos116 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · ¥55–75
- Hohhot → Ordos208 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · ¥100–135
- Datong → Ordos304 km · quickest by road, 5h 18m · ¥140–185
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ordos
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ordos. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Ordos
Ordos is 29 km from Dongsheng, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kangbashi Districtdistrict in Inner Mongolia, China900 m
- Altan Xiretown in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China4.6 km