|
 Inner
Mongolia
is
the
Mongol
autonomous
region
of
the
People's
Republic
of
China,
although
the
majority
of
its
population
are
Han
Chinese.
Inner
Mongolia
borders,
from
east
to
west,
the
provinces
of
Heilongjiang,
Jilin,
Liaoning,
Hebei,
Shanxi,
Shaanxi,
Ningxia
Hui
Autonomous
Region,
and
Gansu,
while
to
the
north
it
borders
Mongolia
and
Russia.
It
is
the
third-largest
subdivision
of
China
spanning
almost
300
million
acres
or
12%
of
China's
land
area.
It
has
a
population
of
about
24
million
as
of
2004.
The
capital
is
Hohhot.
The
official
languages
are
Standard
Mandarin
and
Mongolian,
the
latter
written
in
the
classical
alphabet. |
