Altan Xire

Altan Xire
阿勒腾席热镇
Newly constructed office buildings in 2017
Newly constructed office buildings in 2017
Altan Xire is located in Inner Mongolia
Altan Xire
Altan Xire
Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates (Town government): 39°33′53″N 109°45′12″E / 39.5648°N 109.7534°E / 39.5648; 109.7534
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityOrdos
BannerEjin Horo Banner
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Altan Xire (sometimes rendered as Altanshiree, Atengxilian or Aletengxire; simplified Chinese: 阿勒腾席热镇; traditional Chinese: 阿勒騰席熱鎮; pinyin: Ālèténgxírè zhèn, Mongolian: Алтанширээ) is a town in and the county seat of Ejin Horo Banner, Inner Mongolia. Although administratively the chief town of a rural county, Altan Xire is highly urbanized with a skyscraper-filled central business district worthy of a large metropolis.[1]

  1. ^ "Surprising Ordos: The Evolving Urban Form". New Geography. July 23, 2016.