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Neimenggu, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China’s border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a small section ofChina’s border with Russia (Zabaykalsky Krai). Its capital is Hohhot; other major cities include Baotou, Chifeng, Tongliao, and Ordos.
The autonomous region was established in 1947, incorporating the areas of the former Republic of China provinces of Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe, Liaobei, and Xing’an, along with the northern parts of Gansu and Ningxia.