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Hulunbuir
Hulunbuir
or
Hulúnbèi'er
(; ,
Hulúnbèier
) is a region that is governed as a
prefecture-level city
in northeastern
Inner Mongolia
, in the
People's Republic of China
. Its administrative center is located at
Hailar District
, its largest urban area. Major scenic features are the high steppes of the Hulun Buir grasslands, the
Hulun
and
Buir
lakes (the latter partially in
Mongolia
), and the
Khingan range
. Hulun Buir borders
Russia
to the north and west, Mongolia to the south and west,
Heilongjiang
province to the east and
Hinggan League
to the direct south. Hulunbuir is a
linguistically diverse
area: next to
Mandarin Chinese
,
Mongolian
dialects such as
Khorchin
and
Buryat
, the
Mongolic language
Dagur
and some
Tungusic languages
are spoken there.
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