Urad Rear Banner


Urad Rear Banner or Urad Houqi is a banner of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is located in the west of the region, northwest of the city of Bayan Nur, which administers this banner, and borders the Republic of Mongolia's Ömnögovi Province to the north. The banner has a total area of and in 2004 had a population of 60,000. It is located in the prefectural-level municipality of Bayannur city. The capital is moved to the town of Bayinbaolige. This Banner division is also home to the Upper Cretaceous Bayan Mandahu Formation.