Kangbashi District

Kangbashi District
康巴什区 • ᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ ᠳᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ
District
Kangbashi Bridge
Kangbashi Bridge
Kangbashi is located in Inner Mongolia
Kangbashi
Kangbashi
Location in Inner Mongolia
Kangbashi is located in China
Kangbashi
Kangbashi
Kangbashi (China)
Coordinates: 39°35′49″N 109°47′28″E / 39.597°N 109.791°E / 39.597; 109.791
CountryChina
Autonomous regionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityOrdos
District seatBinhe Subdistrict
Area
 • District352 km2 (136 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2018)[1]
233 km2 (90 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • District118,796
 • Density340/km2 (870/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2018; including Ejin Horo)[3]
200,000
 • Urban density860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.kbs.gov.cn
Kangbashi District
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese康巴什区
Traditional Chinese康巴什區
Hanyu PinyinKāngbāshí Qū
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKāngbāshí Qū
Bopomofoㄎㄤ   ㄅㄚ   ㄕˊ   ㄑㄩ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhKangbashyr Chiu
Wade–GilesK‘ang1-pa1-shih2 Ch‘ü1
Yale RomanizationKāngbāshŕ Chyū
IPA[kʰáŋ.pá.ʂɻ̩̌ tɕʰý]
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicХиа багш дугариг
Mongolian scriptᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ ᠳᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCKiy-a Baγsi Dugarag, Hiya Bagsi dûgûrig

Kangbashi District (Chinese: 康巴什区; Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ ᠳᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ, Hiya Bagsi dûgûrig) is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia, China.

The district is internationally known for its opulent civic square and monuments and in 2009, made global headlines for having a population of around 30,000 people, which was considered small relative to the grandeur of the built-up space, and was deemed as a "ghost city".[4] However the district's population has grown since in the years afterwards, and had reportedly reached a size of almost 120,000 people in 2021.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 82.
  2. ^ Inner Mongolia: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  3. ^ Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 82.
  4. ^ Jody Rosen (March 6, 2015). "The Colossal Strangeness of China's Most Excellent Tourist City". The New York Times Style Magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "China's infamous ghost cities are finally stirring to life". Australian Financial Review. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
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