Alxa League

Alxa League
Alxa League
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	阿拉善盟
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Ālāshàn Méng
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Алшаа аймаг
Mongolian script	ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
SASM/GNC
Transcriptions
SASM/GNC	[Alaša ayimaɣ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)

Alxa League

阿拉善盟 • ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
Alxa League 阿拉善盟 • ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
League
	Alaša Baraγun Keid, a monastery in the Alaša mountains.
	Alxa league (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange)
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Inner Mongolia
League seat	Alxa Left Banner (Bayanhot)
Population (2010)
• Total	231,334
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	http://www.alsm.gov.cn/

Alxa League or Ālāshàn League 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: 巴彥浩特镇; older name: 定远营镇; pinyin: Dingyuanying Town) in the aimag's Left Banner. The Mongolian variety spoken in this area is the Alasha dialect.

Demographics

In the 2010 census, there were 231,334 inhabitants. Alxa is the least populated region of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

A number of residents have been relocated from the growing Tengger Desert.^[1]

Alxa is divided into three banners:

Map
Alxa Left Banner Alxa Right Banner Ejin Banner Disputed area with Jiuquan in Gansu.
Name	Mongolian	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
Alxa Left Banner	ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Alaša Jegün qosiɣu)	阿拉善左旗	Ālāshàn Zuǒ Qí	173,494	80,412	2.15
Alxa Right Banner	ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Alaša Baraɣun qosiɣu)	阿拉善右旗	Ālāshàn Yòu Qí	25,430	72,556	0.35
Ejin Banner	ᠡᠵᠡᠨ᠎ᠡ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Ejen-e qosiɣu)	额济纳旗	Éjìnà Qí	32,410	114,606	0.28