Olympic torch leaves Ordos for Baotou

Yang Hongyan, former vice mayor of Ordos City, lit the cauldron at the Genghis Khan Square at 10:25 a.m. on Wednesday, bringing the end to the Olympic Torch Relay in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. [Full story]

About Ordos

Ordos has an area of 86,752 km² and covers the bigger part of the Ordos plateau. The city borders Hohhot which is to its east, Baotou to its northeast, Bayan Nur to its north, Alxa to its northwest, Wuhai to its west, Ningxia to its southwest, and Shaanxi and Shanxi to its south. [Full story]