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  Inner Mongolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Inner Mongolia is distinct from Outer Mongolia, which was a term used by the Republic of China and previous governments to refer to what is now the independent state of Mongolia plus the Republic of Tuva in Russia.
The Hulunbuir region, in what is now northeastern Inner Mongolia, was part of the jurisdiction of the General of Heilongjiang, one of the three generals of Manchuria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inner_Mongolia   (1926 words)

  
 Mongolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mongolia (Mongolian: Монгол Улс) is a landlocked nation in central Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south.
The Manchu conquered Inner Mongolia in 1636 and Outer Mongolia in 1691.
Mongolia employs a dual executive system, with an elected president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mongolia   (1318 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Nei Monggol Autonomous Region
Nei Monggol Autonomous Region, region in northern and north-eastern China, extending along the border with the Republic of Mongolia.
Mongolia has been inhabited since the 12th century by the nomadic Mongols, whose power reached its height in the 13th-century empire of Kublai Khan...
The original homeland of the Mongols, situated in the eastern zone of the Asian steppe, was bounded by the Khingan Mountains on the east, the Altai...
au.encarta.msn.com /Nei_Monggol_Autonomous_Region.html   (171 words)

  
 Inner Mongolia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Inner Mongolia is contrasted with Outer Mongolia which was used by the Republic of China and previous governments to refer to is covered today by the independent nation Mongolia plus the Russian -administered Tannu Tuva.
Present-day Inner Mongolia then part of Manchuria came under the control of the puppet state Manchukuo in 1931 and was administered thus until the of the war in 1945.
In general the climate of Inner Mongolia is continental with long winters and sharp temperature in spring and fall.
www.freeglossary.com /Inner_Mongolia   (1208 words)

  
 UNICEF - At a glance: Mongolia - The big picture
Mongolia is an independent nation with a ruling democratic coalition.
Mongolia has made important strides over the past few years in promoting the rights of children and women.
In the post-dzud period, during late winter and early spring, children will be are at high risk of developing extreme fatigue and malnutrition, deterioration in their health and weakening of immunity to acute infections as a result of physical and psychological stress.
www.unicef.org /infobycountry/mongolia.html   (473 words)

  
 Mongolia, region, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Mongolia is chiefly a region of desert and of steppe plateau from c.3,000 to 5,000 ft (910–1,520 m) high.
Mongolia has traditionally been a land of pastoral nomadism; livestock raising and the processing of animal products are the main industries.
A.D. Mongolia was inhabited by various Turkic tribes who dwelt mainly along the upper course of the Orkhon River.
www.bartleby.com /65/mo/Mongolreg.html   (583 words)

  
 Mongolia
Mongolia and its people thus have had a significant and lasting impact on the historical development of major nations, such as China and Russia, and, periodically, they have influenced the entire Eurasian continent.
Russian colonial expansionism was sweeping rapidly across Asia--at first passing north of Mongolia but bringing incessant pressure, from the west and the north, against Mongol tribes--and was beginning to establish firm footholds in Mongolian territory by conquest and the establishment of protectorates.
In the early fifteenth century, the Mongols split into two groups, the Oirad in the Altai region and the eastern group that later came to be known as the Khalkha in the area north of the Gobi.
www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Mongolia.html   (9631 words)

  
 Mongolia (06/05)
Mongolia maintains an embassy in the United States at 2833 M Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20007; tel.
Mongolia, which joined the World Trade Organization in 1997, is the only member of that organization to not be a participant in a regional trade organization.
Mongolia is seeking to join APEC and became a full participant in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in July 1998.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2779.htm   (4548 words)

  
 Search Results for "Mongolia"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Mongolia, region, Asia, (mon-go´le, mong-), Asian region (c.906,000 sq mi/2,346,540 sq km), bordered roughly by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the west;...
An ancient region of east-central Asia comprising modern-day Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia) and the country of Mongolia.
Mongolia Country in north-central Asia, bordered by Russian Siberia to the north, and China to the east, south, and west.
bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Mongolia   (242 words)

  
 Mongolia - Gurupedia
Mongolia (Khalkha Mongolian: Монгол Улс) is a landlocked country in
In the 13th century, Mongolia was part of the Mongol Empire.
Mongolia's economy is centered on oil, coal, and copper, with smaller industries in
www.gurupedia.com /m/mo/mongolia_(country).htm   (441 words)

  
 Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is bounded on the north by the Republic of Mongolia and on the northeast by Russia.
From 1949 to 1956 the area of the region was expanded through the incorporation of the former province of Suiyuan and parts of the provinces of Liaobei, Rehe, Chahar, and Gansu.
The W Ala Shan desert region was given to Gansu and Ningxia Autonomous Region, and the northeast corner, which bordered on Russia, was divided between the Manchurian provinces.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/InnerM1on.asp   (863 words)

  
 Mongolia - China-related Topics MM-MP - China-Related Topics
Mongolia (Mongolian languageKhalkha Mongolian: Монгол Улс) is a landlocked nation in central Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south.
Mongolia is spilt in to 22 provinces (aymag), Ulaanbaatar (the capital) is a municipality.
Mongolia's economy is centered on oil, coal, and copper, with smaller industries in molybdenum, tungsten, and phosphate mining.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Mongolia   (1050 words)

  
 Mongolia on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Mongolia's main exports are copper, livestock, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, and nonferrous metals; most of its foreign trade is with China, Russia, the United States, and South Korea.
Mongolia was proclaimed an independent state in July, 1921, and remained a monarchy until the Living Buddha died in 1924.
Mongolia's position shifted during the 1980s, however, and it established diplomatic relations with China in 1986 and with the United States a year later.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Mongolnat.asp   (2124 words)

  
 Inner Mongolia, China
The region is ecologically important for its remaining (and vanishing) native wetlands, grasslands, and forests, and because it is the crossroads of 3 major floras (Mongolian Flora, Northern Flora, and Northeastern China Flora).
Much of the native plants and animals of the region has been reduced or eliminated by direct exploitation or by habitat loss, and now occur mostly with in the small reserves and parks of the area.
Because of extensive, recent deforestation of the region, they also are forced to remove much livestock dung for use as a fuel source during the frigid winters.
www.spiritone.com /~brucem/imar1.htm   (1777 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China (1992)
The founding of the Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station of the Academia Sinica (commonly called the Xilingele station) in 1979 was a landmark in the history of grassland research in this region.
The elevation of the region decreases from 1505.6 m atop the Daxinganling Mountains in the east to 902 m in the lower reaches of the Xilin River in the northwest.
Inner Mongolia is divided into seven ecoregions: coniferous forest, deciduous forest, forest steppe, steppe, desert steppe, steppe desert, and desert.
www.nap.edu /books/030904684X/html/67.html   (6944 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mongolia
The Dalaï, or Kulun Nor, is a lake in the Manchurian region, sixteen miles from north-east to south-west.
Inner Mongolia is broadly speaking "what is to the south of the Great Desert": it extends over the plateau beyond the K'ingan Mountains into the Upper Valley of the Manchurian rivers, the Liao and the Sungari; it includes part of Outer Chi-li.
On 7 Sept., 1864, the Lazarists surrendered Mongolia to the Belgian missionaries and Theophilus Verbiest (b.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/10479b.htm   (3216 words)

  
 Mongolia FAQ: Mongolia - Land, People, Language
Some of the were descendants of Khalkha refugees fled Mongolia in the late twenties and early thirties of the 20th century; These groups deserve mentioning because they do not think they are living in `Chinese' provinces, but living in their original homeland.
The life in Southern Mongolia (Inner Mongol Autonomous Region) is mainly determined by the industrialization which took place in the first quarter of the 20th century; big cities like Xöxxot (Huhhot) and Baotou (the major metal-processing centre of Southern Mongolia) show little affinity to traditional Mongolian life.
Nonetheless, Chahar is the quasi-standard of Southern Mongolia.
userpage.fu-berlin.de /~corff/mfaq-3.html   (4716 words)

  
 Mongolia
Mongolia lies in central Asia between Siberia on the north and China on the south.
The productive regions of Mongolia—a tableland ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 ft (914 to 1,524 m) in elevation—are in the north, which is well drained by numerous rivers, including the Hovd, Onon, Selenga, and Tula.
Allied with the USSR in its dispute with China, Mongolia began mobilizing troops along its borders in 1968 when the two powers became involved in border clashes on the Kazakh-Sinkiang frontier to the west and at the Amur and Ussuri rivers.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107796.html   (885 words)

  
 Mongolia (region) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mongolia is a region of East and Central Asia comprising the independent state of Mongolia, People's Republic of China-controlled Inner Mongolia and other small regions in Russia, inhabited by the Mongols.
In the narrow sense, Mongolia refers to the state of Mongolia in the north, which consists of Outer Mongolia and Hovd.
Administrative districts of Mongolia during the Qing Dynasty
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mongolia_(region)   (146 words)

  
 Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
Capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot is a state-listed historical and cultural city.
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region covers a total area of 1,183,000 square kilometres and has a population of 21,456,000 composed of forty-nine nationalities, including the Mongolian, Han, Hui, Manchu, Korean, Daur, Ewenki and Oroqen peoples.
The ruins of the famous Great Wall of Kingdom Zhao of the Warring States records the long history of the region, and the lamaseries, temples, monasteries, and pagodas incorporate the essence of the classical architectural arts.
ulink.ourfamily.com /city/cityguides/hohhot.htm   (803 words)

  
 USAID - Asia and the Near East - Countries - Mongolia
Mongolia provides an important example to others in East and Central Asia as well as other parts of the region on how to manage an economic transition from a centrally planned to a free market economy within a democratic political framework.
The United States values Mongolia’s contribution to stability in a potentially volatile part of the world, its positive example in promoting economic reform and democracy and its visible support for the war on terrorism.
This encouraging trend suggests that Mongolia’s hard-won political stability is beginning to have an economic impact.
www.usaid.gov /locations/asia_near_east/countries/mongolia/mongolia.html   (712 words)

  
 Mongolia < East Asia < Asia < Region < : news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
With the total investment of 500,000 US dollars, the Inner Mongolia Little Sheep American Company is expected to make hotpot, a popular and traditional dish in...
The eight provincial-level regions are Inner Mongolia, Guangxi,Tibet, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Guizhou, Yunnan and Qinghai, where live most of the country's ethnic...
The Government of Mongolia has 18 members, besides, the Prime Minister was approved at an irregular meeting of the Parliament Session on January 25.
www.schema-root.org /region/asia/east_asia/mongolia   (949 words)

  
 Communist Party boss in China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Inner Mongolia is populated mainly by ethnic Mongolians and has shown little sign of anti-Chinese unrest since the early years after the 1949 communist takeover and the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, when dissent was crushed.
Liu said officials in restive regions should follow the example of heroes and paragons publicised by the state media and ``share weal and woe'' with the people.
Liu said officials in regions plagued by ethnic strife must endeavour to narrow the widening gap between booming coastal provinces in the east and impoverished regions in the western interior, but should not abandon socialist ideology and culture.
www.innermongolia.org /english/communist_party_boss_in_china.htm   (506 words)

  
 Inner Mongolia Region
China administered most of Mongolia during the Ming and Manchu reigns, but the Republic of Mongolia was established 10 years after the collapse of the Manchus (Qing Dynasty) in 1911.
The city is the administrative and educational centre of the region.
Industrial development followed the exploitation of coal, iron ore and mineral deposits in the region and it is substantially more industrialised that the other cities in the region.
www.accci.com.au /keycity/innermon.htm   (1535 words)

  
 Mongolia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
After the conquest of China by the Mongol Empire, much of Mongolia was ruled by the same emperors as China, first Mongolian and then Manchus, and later by the Republic of China, until an independent government was again formed with Soviet help in 1924.
Main article: Aymags of Mongolia Mongolia is spilt in to 22 Aymags, Ulaanbaatar (the capital) is a municipality.
Main article: Economy of Mongolia Mongolia's economy is centered on oil, coal, and copper, with smaller industries in molybdenum, tungsten, and phosphate mining.
www.33beat.com /Mongolia.html   (1028 words)

  
 Illuminating China's Provinces,Municipalities & Autonomous Regions-china.org.cn
Inner Mongolia, China's northern border autonomous region, features a long, narrow strip of land sloping from northeast to southwest.
The third largest among China's provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, the region covers an area of 1.18 million square km, or 12.3 percent of the country's territory.
It neighbors eight provinces and regions in its south, east and west and Mongolia and Russia in the north, with a borderline of 4,200 km.
www.china.org.cn /english/features/43588.htm   (105 words)

  
 China restive regions told to be politically alert (Reuter)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Mongolia region has issued a warning to regions plagued by ethnic strife to
Inner Mongolia is populated mainly by ethnic Mongolians and has shown
region of Tibet and the northwestern Xinjiang region.
www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1996/10/2_4.html   (505 words)

  
 Hohhot Travel Guide: Hohhot Hotel, Map, Climate, Pictures,Tour...
The capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; the regional center of politics, economy, science, culture and education; a famous historic and cultural city with ethnic features.
Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China, lies between the Yinshan Mountain and the Yellow River.
Today it is the most important city in Inner Mongolia and is home to 36 different ethnic groups.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/hohhot.htm   (331 words)

  
 Inner Mongolia: China Travel Information
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, bordering to the north with both the Republic of Mongolia and Russia, is the widest province in China (by its latitude).
Wudangzhao Monastery in Baotou is a vast complex and used to be the residence of the highest ranking lama in Inner Mongolia and now it is the only intact Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Inner Mongolia.
While visiting Inner Mongolia you may try different activities such as Mongolian wrestling, horse and camel riding, rodeo competitions, archery, visiting traditional families and enjoying the graceful Mongolian singing and dancing.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/inner_mongolia   (608 words)

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