Located in once the most impoverished area of Inner Mongolia, Erdos sits atop a lot of coal and gas.

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Erdos (sometimes called Ordos) is also home to the mausoleum of Genghis Khan where his remains are purportedly entombed.

FORBES: Erdos Per Capita GDP May Surpass Hong Kong's in 3 years

Regardless, bragging rights for Number One go to Erdos and Inner Mongolia, with coal production outpacing Shanxi province in early 2009.

FORBES: Erdos Per Capita GDP May Surpass Hong Kong's in 3 years

For the geographically-challenged, Erdos sits in the southwestern part of Inner Mongolia near where Shaanxi province meets the autonomous region known as Ningxia.

FORBES: Erdos Per Capita GDP May Surpass Hong Kong's in 3 years

An Erdos number of one means that you wrote one with Erdos himself, two with someone who wrote one with someone who did and so on.

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There was British success in the LMP2 category as well, with Mike Newton and Andy Wallace teaming up with Brazilian Thomas Erdos to take the honours in their Lola.

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The town remains nearly empty and deserted, with Erdos denizens preferring their old houses and apartments, and the vast majority of new residences purchased as investments by people from who knows where.

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Paul Erdos was an extremely prolific scientific collaborator.

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The 1.5 million inhabitants of Erdos, a city rich in natural resources in the otherwise poor western part of the country, will have a higher GDP per capita than Hong Kong in three years time.

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