City: Inner Mongolia
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese: Simplified: 内蒙古自治区
Traditional: 內蒙古自治區
PRC Standard Mandarin:
Nèi Měnggǔ Zìzhìqū
ROC Standard Mandarin:
Nèi Ménggǔ Zìzhìqū
• Abbreviation: Simplified: 内蒙 or 内蒙古
Traditional: 內蒙 or 內蒙古
PRC Standard Mandarin:
Nèi Měng or Nèi Měnggǔ
ROC Standard Mandarin:
Nèi Méng or Nèi Ménggǔ
Named for: From the Mongolian öbür monggol, where öbür means the front, sunny side of a barrier (a mountain, mountain range, lake, desert, clothes etc...)
Capital: Ulanhot (1947–1949)
Zhangjiakou (1950–1952; as capital of Chahar Province)
Hohhot (1953–present)
Largest city: Chifeng
Divisions: 12 prefectures, 101 counties, 1425 townships
Government• Secretary: Li Jiheng
• Chairwoman: Bu Xiaolin
Area• Total: 1,183,000 km (457,000 sq mi)
Area rank: 3rd
Population (2010)• Total: 24,706,321
• Estimate (31 December 2014): 25,050,000
• Rank: 23rd
• Density: 20.2/km (52/sq mi)
• Density rank: 28th
Demographics• Ethnic composition: Han - 79%
Mongol - 17%
Manchu - 2%
Hui - 0.9%
Daur - 0.3%
• Languages and dialects: Mongolian (official), Mandarin (official), Oirat, Buryat, Dagur, Evenki, Jin
ISO 3166 code: CN-15
GDP (2016): CNY 1.8 trillion
USD 274 billion (15th)
- per capita: CNY 73,936
USD 11,134 (5th)
HDI (2014): 0.766(high) (10th)
Website: http://www.nmg.gov.cn
(Simplified Chinese)
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Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region or Nei Mongol Autonomous Region, is one of the autonomous regions of China, located in the north of the country. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with Mongolia, and a small section of China's border with Russia. Its capital is Hohhot; other major cities include Baotou, Chifeng, and Ordos.
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