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Location of Ordos within Inner Mongolia Region within China 1 District and 7 Banners - Ordos City
# Name Population Area km 2 Density km 2
District
1 Dongsheng District 582,544 2,137 108
Banners
2 Dalad Banner 322,101 8,192 40
3 Jungar Banner 356,501 7,535 36
4 Otog Front Banner 68,282 12,318 6
# Name Population Area km 2 Density km 2
Banners
5 Otog Banner 148,844 20,064 4
6 Hanggin Banner 111,102 18,903 7
7 Uxin Banner 124,527 11,645 9
8 Ejin Horo Banner 226,752 5,958 23

A large and largely uninhabited urban real estate development has been constructed 25 km from Dongsheng District. Intended to house a million people, it remains largely uninhabited. Intended to have 300,000 residents by 2010, government figures stated it had 28,000. It has been the subject of several well publicized articles, some profusely illustrated.