| The Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region, rich and beautiful, which was
founded on May 1,1947, is the first region in our
country where the regional autonomy of the minority
nationalities was realized. Inhabited by 49 nationalities,
Inner Mongolia has a population of 22,840,000, including
3,700,000 Mongolian people and more than 800,000
people of other minorities. It has an area of 1,183,000
square kilometers. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region has eight leagues and four municipalities
under its jurisdiction. Huhhot is the capital of
the autonomous region. From east to west Inner Mongolia
borders on eight province and autonomous regions,
that is , Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei,
Shangxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu. Mongolia and
Russia lie to the north of Inner Mongolia, the boundary
with the two countries extending 4221 kilometers.
Inner Mongolia is rich in natural resources.
It has long enjoyed the reputation of being endowed
with "forest in the east, iron in the west,
farming in the south, animal husbandry in the
north, and as for coal, everywhere". The
Inner Mongolia Prairie, with the total grassland
area of 880,000 square kilometers which accounting
for 74.4% of the whole area of Inner Mongolia,
ranks first among the five great prairies of our
country. The land of 176,000 square kilometers
is covered with forest. The total storage of timber
is 946,000,000 cubic meters, which accounts for
about 10% of the national total storage. Inner
Mongolia contains nearly 1000 rivers and ten lakes.
There are more than 1000 species of plants, 93
species of fish, 362 species of birds and 114
species of animals in Inner Mongolia. Now 49 species
of animals are designated as the major animals
protested by the state and the autonomous region.
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