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Overview of Ertokqian Banner in Inner Mongolia, China

Ertokqian Banner is located in the southwestern part of Erdos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, at the junction of Mongolia, Shaanxi and Ningxia provinces and regions, and is an important agricultural and animal husbandry and energy base in Inner Mongolia. The total area of the flag is 12,000 square kilometers, with a total population of about 76,000 people, and the Mongolian people account for more than 30% of the total population, with distinctive ethnic and cultural characteristics.

Geography and Resource Characteristics

With flat terrain and typical temperate continental climate, Ertokqian Banner is rich in coal, natural gas and other mineral resources. Agriculture is dominated by animal husbandry, which is an important production area of Ordos fine-wool sheep, and at the same time, it produces high-quality beef and mutton and dairy products.

Culture and Tourism

The traditional Mongolian culture is preserved intact here, and ethnic festivals such as the Naadam Congress are held annually. Famous tourist attractions include Dashatou Ecological and Cultural Tourism Zone and Ordos Desert Grand Canyon, which blend grassland scenery and desert landscape, attracting a large number of tourists to experience the Mongolian flavor and desert adventure.

Economic Development

In recent years, it focuses on the development of energy chemical industry, modern agriculture and animal husbandry and eco-tourism industry, with Shanghai Temple Energy Chemical Base, which is an important energy exporting place of "Western Electricity Sent to the East", and gradually forms an industrial system with industry as the leading industry, agriculture and animal husbandry as the foundation and service industry as the support.