Today Genghis Khan's origins are still disputed between the Republic of Mongolia and the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, which is part of the People's Republic of China.

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For the geographically-challenged, Erdos sits in the southwestern part of Inner Mongolia near where Shaanxi province meets the autonomous region known as Ningxia.

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