Inner Mongolia,officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,is an autonomous region 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 of China's border with Russia. Its capital is Hohhot;other major cities include Baotou,Chifeng,Tongliao,and Ordos.
The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan is a mausoleum dedicated to Genghis Khan,where he is worshipped as ancestor,dynastic founder,and deity. The mausoleum is better called the Lord's Enclosure,the traditional name among the Mongols,as it has never truly contained the Khan's body. It is the main centre of the worship of Genghis Khan,a growing practice in the Mongolian shamanism of both Inner Mongolia,where the mausoleum is located,and Mongolia.
A banner is an administrative division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China,equivalent to a county-level administrative division.
Ordos,also known as Ih Ju,is one of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia,China. It lies within the Ordos Plateau of the Yellow River. Although mainly rural,Ordos is administered as a prefecture-level city. Its population was 2,153,638 as of the 2020 census,and its built-up area made up of Ejin Horo Banner and Kangbashi District was home to 366,779 inhabitants,as Dongsheng District is not a conurbation yet.
Alxa League or Alashan League is one of 12 prefecture level divisions and 3 extant leagues of Inner Mongolia. The league borders Mongolia to the north,Bayan Nur to the northeast,Wuhai and Ordos to the east,Ningxia to the southeast,and Gansu to the south and west. The capital is Bayanhot town,formerly known as Dingyuanying (定远营镇) or Wang Ye Fu,in the aimag's Left Banner. The Mongolian variety spoken in this area is the Alasha dialect.
Ordos Ejin Horo International Airport is an airport serving Ordos City in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is located in Ejin Horo Banner. First built in 1959 and called Dongsheng Airport,the airport ceased operation in 1983. In 2005 the airport was rebuilt at the current site with an investment of 350 million yuan,and re-opened in July 2007.
New Barag Right Banner,also romanized as Xin Barag Youqi,is a banner of northern Inner Mongolia,China,bordering Mongolia in all directions but the east. It is also located not too far from the shores of Hulun Lake,and is under the administration of Hulunbuir City.
Alxa Left Banner is a banner in the southwest of Inner Mongolia,China. It borders Mongolia's Ömnögovi Province to the north,the autonomous region of Ningxia to the southeast,and Gansu province to the southwest. The town of Bayanhot,situated in the banner,is the seat of government of the greater Alxa League,of which Alxa Left Banner is a part.
Alxa Right Banner is a banner in the southwest of Inner Mongolia,China,bordering Gansu province to the south and southwest. It is under the administration of Alxa League. The banner is served by the Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport.
Ejin is a banner in the far west of Inner Mongolia,China. It is under the administration of Alxa League and is the westernmost county-level division of Inner Mongolia,bordering Gansu province to the west and Mongolia's Bayankhongor and Govi-Altai Provinces. Its seat is located at Dalaihob Town. To the west,it shares a border with Subei Mongol Autonomous County of Jiuquan,Gansu.
Aershan Yiershi Airport is an airport serving the city of Arxan (A'ershan) in the Hinggan League of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,China. It is located near the town of Yi'ershi,16.5 kilometers north of the city center. Construction started in September 2008 with a total investment of 303 million yuan,and the airport was opened on 28 August 2011.
Bayanqolu is a Chinese politician of Mongol ethnicity. He served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Jilin Province from 2014 to 2020 and the Governor of Jilin from 2012 to 2014;Bayanqolu was,at the time of his appointment,the only ethnic-minority official serving as a provincial-level Party Secretary.
Ceke Port of Entry is a port of entry on China's border with Mongolia. The only international border crossing within Alxa League of Inner Mongolia,Ceke is located in Ejin Banner,in the Gobi Desert. The locality on the opposite,(Outer) Mongolian,side of the border is called Shivee Khuren.
Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport is a regional airport serving Bayanhot,the main urban center of Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia,China.
Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport is a regional airport serving the town of Badanjilin,the seat of Alxa Right Banner in Inner Mongolia,China.
Ejin–Hami railway or Eha railway,is a railway in western China between Ejin Banner in Alxa League of western Inner Mongolia and the city of Hami in the eastern part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The line runs 644 km (400 mi) through the deserts near the Mongolian border. Apart from Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang,the line also crosses the Subei Mongol Autonomous County,the sliver of Gansu Province that extends to the Mongolian border. Construction began on June 30,2014 and was slated to take three years,but the line opened only 17 months later on December 1,2015. The opening of this rail line shortened the distance by rail from Hohhot,Inner Mongolia's capital,to destinations in Xinjiang and Kazakhstan by over 800 km.
Rock Paintings of Bayanhaote or Rock Paintings of Bayanhot,also known as Bayanhaote Rock Paintings or Bayanhot Rock Paintings,are images carved into the rocks of Bayanhaote,Alxa Left Banner,Inner Mongolia.
