Alxa League

Alxa League

阿拉善盟
—  Leagues  —
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Simplified 阿拉善盟
 • Traditional
 • Pinyin Ālāshàn Méng
Alaša Baraγun Keid, a monastery in the Alaša mountains.
Alxa league (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange) and China
Country China
Province Inner Mongolia
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Website http://www.alsm.gov.cn/

Alxa League (Mongolian: , Alaša ayimaγ, Chinese: 阿拉善盟; pinyin: Ālāshàn Méng) is one of 12 prefecture level divisions and three 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 Bayan Hot (older name: 定远营 Dingyuanying) in the aimag's Left Banner. The Mongolian variety spoken in this area is the Alasha dialect.

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Demographics

In the 2000 census, there were 196,279 inhabitants. Alxa is the least populated region of Inner Mongolia.

Ethnic group No. of inhabitants share
Han 140,900 71.79%
Mongols 44,630 22.74%
Hui 9,331 4.75%
Manchu 952 0.49%
Tibetans 146 0.07%
Tu 68 0.03%
Daur 67 0.03%
Other 185 0.09%

Administrative Subdivisions

Alxa is divided into three banners:

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# Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population (2004 est.) Area (km²) Density (/km²)
1 Alxa Left Banner 阿拉善左旗 Ālāshàn Zuǒ Qí 140,000 80,412 2
2 Alxa Right Banner 阿拉善右旗 Ālāshàn Yòu Qí 20,000 72,556 <1
3 Ejin Banner 额济纳旗 Éjìnà Qí 20,000 114,606 <1

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