Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Hohhot as its capital. Located in the north of China, the geographical position is between 37 24'-53 23' north latitude and 9712'-12604' east longitude, and it borders Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Hebei in the northeast, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Ningxia in the south, Gansu in the southwest and Russia and Mongolia in the north.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the capital of Urumqi, located in the northwest of China, is one of the five minority autonomous regions in China. With an area of 6.5438+0.66 million square kilometers, it is the largest provincial administrative region in China, accounting for one sixth of the total land area of China. Bordering Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan, it was an important passage of the ancient Silk Road in history, and now it is the only place for the second "Eurasian Continental Bridge", which has a very important strategic position.
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Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic community, with 55 ethnic groups including Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Tajik, Xibe, Manchu, Uzbek, Russian, Daur and Tatar 13. There are four ethnic groups with a population above 1 10,000, namely Uygur, Han, Kazak and Hui, and two ethnic groups with a population above 1 10,000, namely Kirgiz and Mongolian.
There are 55 ethnic groups in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, including Mongolian, Han, Manchu, Hui, Daur, Ewenki, Oroqen, Zhuang, Xibe, Tujia, Dongxiang and Miao.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Inner Mongolia
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