Alxa League

Alxa League 阿拉善盟 • ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
League
Hanging Temple (悬空寺) nearby Guangzong Temple, a monastery in the Alaša mountains.
Location of Alxa League in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates (Alxa Left Banner): 38°50′N 105°40′E / 38.83°N 105.67°E / 38.83; 105.67
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
League seat	Alxa Left Banner (Bayanhot)
Area
• Total	240,080 km2 (92,700 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	231,334
• Density	0.96/km2 (2.5/sq mi)
GDP[1]
• Total	CN¥ 32.3 billion US$ 5.2 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 133,187 US$ 21,384
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-NM-29
Website	www.alsm.gov.cn

Alxa League or Alashan League (Chinese: 阿拉善盟; pinyin: Ālāshàn Méng; Mongolian: alasha ayimag, Mongolian Cyrillic. Алшаа аймаг) 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: 巴彦浩特镇), formerly known as Dingyuanying (定远营镇) or Wang Ye Fu,^[2] in the aimag's Left Banner. The Mongolian variety spoken in this area is the Alasha dialect.