Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, is located in the north of China, bordering Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Hebei in the northeast, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Ningxia in the south, Gansu in the southwest and Russia and Mongolia in the north. It belongs to the northwest region and is divided into four geographical divisions.

The difference between autonomous regions and provinces

Provinces and autonomous regions are the first-level administrative divisions in China and belong to administrative units at the same level. The differences between the two are as follows:

1, autonomy is different.

Compared with ordinary provinces, their local governments have higher independent space in internal affairs than other administrative regions at the same level.

2. The quantity is different

China has 5 autonomous regions and 23 provinces.

3. Different historical origins.

The autonomous region was first established in May 1947 (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region). The beginning of modern provincial administrative regions is the provincial system implemented in the Yuan Dynasty.