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n. (plural of ordo English)
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Ordos may refer to:
- Ordos (city), a city and district in Inner Mongolia.
- Ordos Loop of the Yellow River, a region of China
- Ordos Desert, in Inner Mongolia
- Ordos Mongols, a Mongol tribe that has inhabited the Ordos region since the 15th century
- Ordos culture, prehistorical culture
- Ordos Mongolian, the variety of Mongolian spoken by the Ordos people
- Ordos International Circuit, a race track in Ordos City
- House Ordos, a fictional organisation in 'Dune' spin-offs
- Michal Ordoš (born 1983), Czech football player
- Ordos, fictional groups in Inquisition (Warhammer 40,000)
Ordos (; ) is one of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China. It lies within the Ordos Loop of the Yellow River. Although mainly rural, Ordos is administered as a prefecture-level city. Its administrative seat is situated in Dongsheng which had a population of 582,544 inhabitants as of the 2010 census. Another Banner is being urbanized quickly around the city of Ejin Horo with about 251,894 inhabitants at the 2010 census which is the seat of Ordos Airport.
Ordos is known for its lavish government projects, including the new Ordos City, a large city with abundant infrastructure, seldom used by residents and frequently described as a "ghost city". It hosted the 2012 Miss World Final.
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Not without a great deal of research, including detailed comparisons with existing Ordos artifacts whose dates were determined in situ.
We are forbidden to fly over the area between Ordos, Shan-si, the Nan-shan mountains, and Ninghsia.