Inner Mongolia

[ in-er mong-goh-lee-uh, ‐m�ǲ� ]

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an administrative division in northeastern China, adjoining the Mongolian People's Republic. 174,000 sq. mi. (450,660 sq. km). : Hohhot.

Inner Mongolia

noun

an autonomous region of NE China: consists chiefly of the Mongolian plateau, with the Gobi Desert in the north and the Great Wall of China in the south. Capital: Hohhot. Pop: 23 800 000 (2003 est). Area: 1 177 500 sq km (459 225 sq miles)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Inner Mongolia¹

First recorded in 1830–35

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In a visit to Inner Mongolia in 1992, the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who oversaw China's economic reform, famously said: "The Middle East has oil and China has rare earths".

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The entire probe is due to return in about three weeks' time to a landing site in Inner Mongolia.

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The container will be transferred to a reentry capsule that is due to return to Earth in the deserts of China’s Inner Mongolia region about June 25.

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The container will be transferred to a re-entry capsule that is due to return to Earth in the deserts of China’s Inner Mongolia region about June 25.

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As planned, the capsule bounced off of the Earth’s atmosphere once before breaking through it and finally falling to earth in Inner Mongolia.

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inner mission innermost

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