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Alongshan (Chinese: 阿龙山镇; pinyin: Ālóngshān zhèn) is a town in Inner Mongolia, China. It is administrated by the county-level city of Genhe under the prefecture-level city of Hulunbuir. The index patient of the tick-borne Alongshan virus came from the town of Alongshan and presented to a county hospital in Hulunbuir. This led the newly-discovered virus to be named after the town.

Alongshan is located on the southwestern part of the Aokeli man-made mountain (Mongolian: ᠤᠭᠤᠯᠢᠲᠤ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ, romanized: Ûûlit/Ûilt Ûûl, lit. 'Mountain at the Oriental scops owl').

Administrative divisions

Alongshan town has three subdivisions, all of which are residential communities (社区): Zhenxi (镇西), Zhenbei (镇北), and Zhendong (镇东). The names mean "west of town", "north of town", and "east of town" respectively.

References

1. "2023年统计用区划代码". National Bureau of Statistics of China. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
2. Wang, Ze-Dong; Wang, Bo; Wei, Feng; Han, Shu-Zheng; Zhang, Li; Yang, Zheng-Tao; Yan, Yan; Lv, Xiao-Long; Li, Liang; Wang, Shu-Chao; Song, Ming-Xin; Zhang, Hao-Ji; Huang, Shu-Jian; Chen, Jidang; Huang, Fu-Qiang (2019-05-30). "A New Segmented Virus Associated with Human Febrile Illness in China". New England Journal of Medicine. 380 (22): 2116–2125. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1805068. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 31141633.
3. "2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码". National Bureau of Statistics of China. Retrieved 2024-10-08.

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