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)
Inner Mongolia in American English
autonomous region of NE China, south & southeast of Mongolia: 454,635 sq mi (1,177,500 sq km); pop. 21,110,000; cap. Hohhot