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| Banner | |
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| Manchu: |  Gūsa (romanized) |
| Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ ᠪᠣᠱᠤᠬᠤ | qosiγu bošuγu hôxûû bôxig (romanized) |
| Chinese: | 旗 (character) qí (Pinyin romanization) |
| Cyrillic Mongolian: | Хошуу (cyrillized) khoshuu (romanized) |
| Mongolian script: | ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ HôxûûorHûxûû |
Abanner (Chinese: 旗; pinyin: qí, "khoshun" in Mongolian) is an administrative division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China, equivalent to a county-level administrative division.
Banners were first used during the Qing dynasty, which organized the Mongols into banners, except those who belonged to the Eight Banners. Each banner had sums as nominal subdivisions. In Inner Mongolia, several banners made up a league. In the rest, including Outer Mongolia, northern Xinjiang, and Qinghai, Aimag (Аймаг) was the largest administrative division. While it restricted the Mongols from crossing banner borders, the dynasty protected Mongolia from population pressure from China proper. After the Mongolian People's Revolution, the banners of Outer Mongolia were abolished in 1923.[1]
There were 49 banners and 24 tribes in Inner Mongolia during the Republic of China.[2]
Today, banners are a county-level division in the Chinese administrative hierarchy. There are 52 in total, including 3 autonomous banners.[3]
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Special administrative regions |
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Sub-provincial city districts |
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Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) |
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Provincial-controlled counties Provincial-controlled districts |
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Banners (Hoxu) Wolong Special Administrative Region (obsolete) |
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Analogous county level units
Management areas
Management committee |
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Subdistricts
County-controlled districts (pilot) |
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Analogous township level units Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc. |
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Residential Committees |
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Others Autonomous administrative divisions Special Economic Zones |
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
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The following list of 49 individual banners is sorted alphabetically according to each specific title (i.e., ignoring adjectives such as New, Old, Left, Right, etc.)
Anautonomous banner (Chinese: 自治旗; pinyin: zìzhìqí) is a special type of banner set up by the government of China. There are three autonomous banners, all of which are found in northeastern Inner Mongolia, each with a designated ethnic majority other than HanorMongol that is a national ethnic minority:
The 52 banners in the IMAR are…
