Alshan City lies between the southwestern foot of the Daxing'an Range, Hulunbeier Grassland, Ke¡¯erqin Grassland, and Songnen Plain. There are 93.531 kilometers of Sino-Mongolian border line along the city and Alshan-Bei¡¯ershong (Mongolism) National second-level border port.
Alshan possessed the rare mineral spring group in the world In a narrow tract of land, 500 meters in length and 70 meters in width, there are 48 warm and cold springs with various elements and high quality water. It is a mixture of spring groups with sodium bicarbonate springs, radioactive radon springs and basilicas springs in cold, warn, hot, and extremely hot temperatures. It is second functional spring group in the world next to the one in former Yugoslavia, and enjoys high fame both at home and abroad. In addition to the function of bathing, the water in some of these springs can be drunk. At present, the drinking water from the ¡°Five Li Spring¡± and "Holy Water Spring" approved by the country and is now under limited development. It has been jointly approved by the Ministry of National Resources , the Ministry of Health as a choice natural mineral spring water with low mineralized level and low content of sodium, basilicas, and sodium bicarbonate.
Alshan is also endowed with rich mineral resources, among which iron, zinc, limestone have high quality and granite, nyalopsite, pearlier, and basalt have huge deposits.

Population: 56,000

Area: 7,408.7 sq km