INNER MONGOLIA

Area: 1,100,000 sq km
Capital: Hohhot
Neighboring Countries: Russia and Mongolia

Population: 22.3 million
Urban Population: 9.3 million

Nationalities: Han, Hui, Mongolian, Daur, Ewenki, Oroqen, Manchu and Korean

Tourist Attractions: vast grass land, immense forests, mystical deserts, and innumerous lakes like pearls adorning the land

Climate: Inner Mongolia, with a temperate continental monsoon climate, has a cold, long winter with frequent blizzards and a warm, short summer. Except for the relatively humid Greater Hinggan Mountain area, the greater part of Inner Mongolia is, from west to east, arid, semi-arid and semi-humid.