large, sparsely inhabited urban real estate development has been constructed from Dongsheng District. Intended to house a million people, it originally remained mostly uninhabited. Intended to have 300,000 residents by 2010, government figures stated it had 28,000. By 2017, Kangbashi had a resident population of 153,000 and around one-third of apartments occupied. It has been the subject of several speculative publication, including an illustrated feature series conducted by Al Jazeera in 2010. Ordos Museum In 2011, a 49,400-square-meter museum, entitled Ordos Museum (), was opened in Kangbashi. The museum, designed by China-based architectural practice MAD Studio, focuses upon the history of the Ordos area, as well as on the culture and traditions of Inner Mongolia. Transportation Travel within Ordos City is primarily made by car or bus, using the city's network roads. Two tolled expressways, the G18 Rongcheng–Wuhai Expressway and the G65 Baotou–Maoming Expressway, provide connections with other towns and cities including Dongsheng. In 2016, the Ordos railway station in the city opened. The station is on the Beijing-Baotou railway, the Hohhot-Ordos high-speed railway line, and the Baotou-West railway. High speed trains to the provincial capital of Hohhot are run on a daily basis. As well as slower speed trains directly to and from Beijing West railway station. Ordos Ejin Horo International Airport is located in Ejin Horo Banner. Demographics In the 2000 census, there were 1,369,766 inhabitants: See also List of cities in China by GDP per capita List of cities in China by population Manhan folk song Mausoleum of Genghis Khan Ordos culture Ordos International Circuit Under-occupied developments in China References External links Official website Ordos Museum website (in Chinese) Cities in Inner Mongolia Articles containing Mongolian script text Prefecture-level divisions of Inner Mongolia Socialist planned cities