main cities of inner mongolia: hohhot , baotou , wuhai , hailar , manzhouli , tongliao , chifeng , jining , erenhot , ulanhot
locations: situated between north latitude 4030' - 4200' and east longtitude 10900' - 11030'; located in the west of the inner mongolia autonomous region; bounded by the people republic of mongolia to the north, the yellow river to the south; connecting to the tumochuan plain in the east, the hetao plain in the west; mt. daqingshan in the north,
neighboring areas: heilongjiang, jilin, liaoning, hebei, shanxi, shaanxi, and gansu provinces, ningxia hui autonomous region
physical features: divided into three parts: the northern plateau, the central hilly land and the southern plain; the yinshan mountain in the central area
population: 1.96 million
urban population: 1.29 million
area: 27, 691 square kilometers
nationalities: mongolian, han, hui, manchu, korean, dawoer, zhuang, elunchu, ewenke and tibetan
history: a history of more than 6000 years; a famous thoroughfare in history; a city with rich cultural heritage; a dock for land and water transport service and a place of business importance in the qing dynasty, mainly on collecting and distributing furs; in 1933, set up as a city
climatic features: temperate monsoon climate with cool and favorable summers; long and cold winters; average sunshine of 2700 to 3400 hours annually and frost-free period of 60-160 days
average temperature: annual average of 6.4c; the lowest in january of - 10c to - 30c; the highest in july of 16c to 45c; the daily temperature difference of 10c to 16c; great difference between south and north
rainfall: less of rain, uneven; average annual of 50-450 mm
mountains: the daxing'anling ranges, mt. helanshan, mt. wulashan, mt. daqingshan
rivers: yellow river, ergunahe river, nenjiang river, west liaohe river, hulunhu lake and beierhu lake