A report on Inner Mongolia
Landlocked autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
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Beijing
14 linksCapital of the People's Republic of China.
Capital of the People's Republic of China.
In 938, after the fall of the Tang, the Later Jin ceded the frontier territory including what is now Beijing to the Khitan Liao dynasty, which treated the city as Nanjing, or the "Southern Capital", one of four secondary capitals to complement its "Supreme Capital" Shangjing (modern Baarin Left Banner in Inner Mongolia).
Yellow River
12 linksSecond-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5464 km. Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province.
Second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5464 km. Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China, it flows through nine provinces, and it empties into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province.
One of its older Mongolian names was the "Black River", because the river runs clear before it enters the Loess Plateau, but the current name of the river among Inner Mongolians is Ȟatan Gol (, "Queen River").
Kublai Khan
5 linksThe founder of the Yuan dynasty of China and the fifth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294, although after the division of the empire this was a nominal position.
The founder of the Yuan dynasty of China and the fifth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294, although after the division of the empire this was a nominal position.
Kublai received the viceroyalty over northern China and moved his ordo to central Inner Mongolia.
Liao dynasty
13 linksImperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people.
Imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people.
![Liao silver coin in Khitan large script translated as "天朝萬順" (Heavenly Dynasty — Myriad [affairs are] Favourable).](https://hyperleap.com/images/1dae605bda48d21ee025b8f4d86f9657/200-ce0138775f48c46e6320bdb78552e419.jpg)
At its height, the Liao dynasty controlled what is now Shanxi, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia provinces in China, as well as northern portions of the Korean peninsula, portions of the Russian Far East, and much of the country of Mongolia.
Khongirad
6 linksOne of the major divisions of the Mongol tribes.
One of the major divisions of the Mongol tribes.
Their homeland was located in the vicinity of Lake Hulun in Inner Mongolia and Khalkha River in Mongolia, where they maintained close ties with the ruling dynasties of northern China.
Mongolic languages
11 linksThe Mongolic languages are a language family spoken by the Mongolic peoples in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, North Asia and East Asia, mostly in Mongolia and surrounding areas and in Kalmykia and Buryatia.
The Mongolic languages are a language family spoken by the Mongolic peoples in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, North Asia and East Asia, mostly in Mongolia and surrounding areas and in Kalmykia and Buryatia.
The best-known member of this language family, Mongolian, is the primary language of most of the residents of Mongolia and the Mongol residents of Inner Mongolia, with an estimated 5.7+ million speakers.
Leagues of China
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A league ( ayimaγ Aimag; historically, čiγulγan Qûûlgan; ) is an administrative unit of the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in the People's Republic of China.
Chifeng
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Chifeng, also known as Ulanhad ( (Улаанхад хот), Ulaɣanqada qota, , "red cliff"), is a prefecture-level city in Southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China.
North China
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North China, or Huabei is a geographical region of China, consisting of the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia.
Chahar Province
3 linksChahar (, Чахар; ), also known as Chaha'er, Chakhar or Qahar, was a province of the Republic of China in existence from 1912 to 1936, mostly covering territory in what is part of Eastern Inner Mongolia.