Dongsheng District

Dongsheng 东胜区 • ᠳ᠋ᠦᠩᠱᠧᠩ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ Tungsheng
District
Skyline of Dongsheng
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Coordinates: 39°46′N 109°55′E / 39.767°N 109.917°E / 39.767; 109.917
Country	China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Ordos
District seat	Tianjiao Subdistrict
Area
• District	2,160 km2 (830 sq mi)
• Urban  (2018)[1]	130 km2 (50 sq mi)
Elevation	1,299 m (4,262 ft)
Population  (2020)[2]
• District	574,242
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
• Urban  (2018)[1]	745,000
• Urban density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.ds.gov.cn

Dongsheng District (Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠦᠩᠱᠧᠩ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 东胜区; alternate spelling English: Koshang; Turkic: Košang) is a District and the seat of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. It has a district population of 574,242. The district is predominantly Han Chinese, but has a significant Mongol minority.

Dongsheng is also the fastest growing district of Ordos City, half of the district being under construction. To enable further expansion, officials in 2003 planned the nearby district of Kangbashi, a brand new (city) 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Dongsheng.

Dongsheng District is made up of 12 subdistricts and 3 towns.

• Other:
  • Ordos High-Tech Industrial Development Zone (鄂尔多斯高新技术产业开发区)

Ordos's prefectural administrative region occupies 86,752 square kilometres (33,495 sq mi) and covers the bigger part of the Ordos Desert, although the urban area itself is relatively small. The region borders the prefectures of Hohhot to the east, Baotou to the northeast, Bayan Nur to the north, Alxa League to the northwest, Wuhai to the west, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to its southwest, and the provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi to the south.

• China National Highway 210

• Dongsheng Government Website

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