Kangbashi New Area
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Hia'bagx 康巴什区 • ᠬᠢᠶᠠᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢᠳᠤᠭᠤᠷᠢᠭ |
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Hia'bagx Bridge
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| Coordinates: 39°36′N 109°47′E / 39.600°N 109.783°E | |
| Country | China |
| Prefecture-level city | Ordos |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Kangbashi District, or Hia'bagx District (Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠶᠠ ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ, in Mongolian Cyrillic: Хиа багш, kiy-a baγsi; Chinese: ; pinyin: ), is a subdivision of the Chinese city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, situated in Northern China. It is located southwest of the Dongsheng urban area, the old center of the Ordos Municipality, and spans the border of Dongsheng District and Ejin Horo Banner.
Built with the ample profits from coal leasing which made Ordos the 2nd highest income-per-capita city in China, the new city is in a location that has better water resources than Ordos City itself.
With an expanding district due to economic exploitation of the local natural resources, but dwindling water supplies due to the continual expansion of the Ordos Desert, Ordos officials were faced with a local infrastructure planning problem. Hence in 2003, Ordos city officials launched the creation of a new 1 million person city district. Located on a 355-square-kilometre (137 sq mi) site 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the existing city of Dongsheng, the new city is located next to three existing reservoirs on the site of two former villages.
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