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Ordos
Prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China

Ordos

Ordos, also known as Ih Ju, is one of twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Ordos

  1. 01
    Ordos Ejin Horo Airport
  2. 02
    Ordos
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Xiangshawan
  2. 02
    Mausoleum of Genghis Khan
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Ordos International Circuit
Eat

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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