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Where is Inner Mongolia located within China?

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Wide autumn valley with golden grass in the foreground and low, tree-covered mountains of the Greater Khingan Range in the distance under a clear sky. — Inner Mongolia Da Hinggan (Greater Khingan) Range, southeast of Hailar, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.

Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region located in northern China. It spans a vast territory, stretching in a great crescent for approximately 1,490 miles (2,400 km) across the northern part of the country.1

Its borders are defined as follows:
* North: Mongolia and Russia.1
* East: The Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning.1
* South: The provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, along with the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia.1
* West: The province of Gansu.1

The region's capital is Hohhot.1