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Ordos
Ordos
See also: ordos
English
Proper noun
Ordos
- A region in China, enclosed by the great northern bend of the Huang He and the Wei river to the south; also called Ordos Loop.
- The Ordos region proper: the area north of the Great Wall section that cuts across the Ordos Loop
- The Ordos region in the narrower sense is nomadic by history, in contrast to the agricultural and densely populated southeastern loess part that stretches up to the Wei river valley.
- Ordos prefecture-level city, contiguous with latter region in the northwest of the Ordos Loop, namely the part belonging to Inner Mongolia.
- Kangbashi New Area, the famous Chinese newly-built ghost town, lies in the mineral-rich region of Ordos, more precisely 25 km away from Dongsheng built-up area in Dongsheng District, the municipal seat.
- Ordos city in the narrower sense: the urban area located in Dongsheng District.