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| | Inner Mongolia |
 | | The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is situated 97"12"-126"04" east longitude and 37"24"-53"23" north latitude with an area of 1.183 million square kilometers, taking up 1/8 of that of the country and ranking the 3rd in China. |
 | | Inner Mongolia has not only a large area but also geographical advantages, bordering Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces as well as Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in the east, south and west. |
 | | It is divided into 5 leagues, 7 prefecture-level cities, 49 banners, 3 autonomous banners, 17 counties, 15 county-level cities and 17 districts, with a population of 23.76 million as of the year 2000. |
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