Inner MongoliaAutonomous region of ChinaAutonomous region in ChinaInner Mongolia Autonomous RegionSimplified Chinese内蒙古自治区Traditional Chinese內蒙古自治區Hanyu PinyinNèiměnggǔ ZìzhìqūMongolian nameMongolian CyrillicӨвөр МонголMongolian scriptᠦᠪᠦᠷᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯUyghur nameUyghurئىچكى موڭغۇل ئاپتونوم رايونىManchu nameManchu scriptᡩᠣᡵᡤᡳᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣRomanizationDorgi monggoBuryat nameBuryatҮбэр МонголÜber MongolKyrgyz nameKyrgyzىچكى مونعولىياIchki MongoliaKazakh nameKazakhىشكى موڭعولياIşkı MoñğoliaTuvan nameTuvanÖvür Mool oranӨвүр Моол оранStandard Tibetan nameStandard Tibetanནང་སོག་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), is an autonomous region of China.
Mongols in ChinaMongols in China, also known as Mongolian Chinese or Chinese Mongols, are ethnic Mongols who live in China and hold Chinese citizenship. 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. Most of them live in Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, Xinjiang and Qinghai.
OiratsOirats or Oirds, formerly known as Eluts and Eleuths, are the westernmost group of Mongols, whose ancestral home is in the Altai region of Siberia, Xinjiang and western Mongolia. The first documented reference to Elut and Yelut was in the Ongin "rune" inscriptions dated in the sixth century. The dating of the Oirats to the 13th century is based on the text of the Secret History of the Mongols.
Proto-MongolsPeople and tribes in and around the Mongol Plateau before the 11th or 12th century The Proto-Mongols emerged from an area in Central and Northeast Asia that had been inhabited by humans as far back as 45,000 years ago during the Upper Paleolithic.
MongoliaCountry in East AsiaMongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometers (603,909 square miles), making it the 18th-largest country in the world and the second largest landlocked nation after Kazakhstan, as well as the largest landlocked country that does not border an inland sea.
BuryatsThe Buryats are a Mongolic ethnic group whose historical homeland is centred on the Lake Baikal region and areas of southern Siberia and northern Mongolia. They speak the Buryat language. Historically, the Buryats formed part of the wider Mongol cultural and political world while retaining numerous Mongol clan and tribal identities, including the Bulagad, Ekhirid, Khori, Khongodor, Songool, Ashibagad and Barga.
ChinaCountry in East AsiaChina, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while Shanghai is the most populous city by urban area. Its geography features the Central Plain, major rivers such as the Yangtze and Yellow River, deserts, subtropical and temperate forests, plateaus, and mountain ranges such as the Himalayas.
SiberiaGeographical region of Russia comprising North AsiaGeographical region in Russia, AsiaSiberia ( ; Russian: Сибирь, romanized: Sibir', IPA:) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west (with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary) to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
Mongolic peoplesThe Mongolic peoples are a collection of East Asian-origin ethnic groups in East Asia, North Asia, and Eastern Europe, who speak Mongolic languages. Their ancestors are referred to as Proto-Mongols. The largest contemporary Mongolic ethnic group is the Mongols. Mongolic-speaking people, although distributed in a wide geographical area, show a high genetic affinity to each other, and display continuity with ancient Northeast Asians.Ethnic groups in East AsiaEast Asian people (also East Asians) comprise a wide variety of ethnic groups from East Asia, which includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. The total population of all countries within this region is estimated to be 1.677 billion and 21% of the world's population in 2020.
EthnicitySocial group defined by shared traitsAn ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of humans who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Attributes that ethnicities believe to share include language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, religion, history, region(s), or social treatment.
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