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The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology.Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) proposed it being a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, [13] first attested as the 'Mungu', [14] (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern Chinese Měngwù, Middle Chinese Muwngu), [15] a branch of ...
China–Mongolia relations (Chinese: 中国—蒙古国关系, Mongolian: Монгол-Хятадын харилцаа) refer to the bilateral relations between Mongolia and China. These relations have long been determined by the relations between China and the Soviet Union , Mongolia's other neighbour and main ally until early 1990 .
Inner Mongolia is a provincial-level subdivision of North China, but its great stretch means that parts of it belong to Northeast China and Northwest China as well. It borders eight provincial-level divisions in all three of the aforementioned regions ( Heilongjiang , Jilin , Liaoning , Hebei , Shanxi , Shaanxi , Ningxia , and Gansu ), tying ...
The China–Mongolia border is the international border between China and Mongolia. It runs from west to east between the two tripoints with Russia for 4,630 km (2,880 mi), with most of the boundary area lying in the Gobi Desert. [1] It is the world's fourth longest international border. [2]
Mongolia did not join the UN until 1961 because of repeated threats to veto by the Republic of China, which considered Mongolia to be part of its territory (see China and the United Nations). Mongolia has been a member of The Forum of Small States (FOSS) since the group's founding in 1992.
Mongols in China, [3] [4] also known as Mongolian Chinese, [5] [6] are ethnic Mongols who live in China. They are one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the Chinese government. As of 2020, there are 6,290,204 Mongols in China, a 0.45% increase from the 2010 national census. [1] [2] Most of them live in Inner Mongolia, Northeast China ...
This map shows the boundary of the 13th-century Mongol Empire and location of today's Mongols in modern Mongolia, Russia and China. Geographic distribution Today, the majority of Mongols live in the modern states of Mongolia, China (mainly Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang), Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.
An SVG map of China with the Inner Mongolia autonomous region highlighted Legend: Date: 14 May 2008: Source: self-made; based on CIA public domain maps: